Unscramble FATHERLINESS to get 468 words. FATHERLINESS itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. FATHERLESS is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from FATHERLINESS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 8 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 38 with 2.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words in FATHERLINESS: EARTHLINESS, 14 points.
The best of the 10-letter words made with FATHERLINESS letters is FATHERLESS, 16 points; EARTHINESS and FEATLINESS on 13 follow.
10 of 60 9-letter words you get when you unscramble FATHERLINESS tie at 15 points; none scores more. ESSENTIAL, LISTENERS and FASTENERS will look familiar.
Among 60 8-letter words from FATHERLINESS, the top score is 14, reached by 23. FLASHERS, FAIRNESS and FEATHERS are the familiar ones.
33 of 60 7-letter words from FATHERLINESS tie at 13 points; none scores more. FATHERS, FEATHER and FLASHES will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words in FATHERLINESS, 23 score 12 points, the group's best. EITHER, FATHER and FASTER are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words made with FATHERLINESS letters; 18 of them share the top score of 11. AFTER, FLASH and EARTH are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FATHERLINESS, the top score is 10, reached by 7. FILE, FAST and FEEL are the familiar ones.
FAH and FEH are the top 3-letter words from FATHERLINESS, 9 points each. HAS, AIR and FAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of FATHERLINESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with FA · ending in SS · all 12-letter words
What FATHERLINESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FATHERLINESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FATHERLINESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 468) | 351 | 464 | 335 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 113 of them: FASHERIES, SHEAFIEST, SHELFIEST, ELFISHES, FAITHERS, FARTHELS, FLASHEST, FRESHIES, SALTFISH, SHAFTERS, SHEAFIER, SHELFIER and 101 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: THEIRSELF, INTERLEAF, LEAFINESS, STARSHINE, FAHS, ASHINE, FAH, RELISTENS, SALTERIES, AHIS, FEST, AHI and 5 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: ALFS, ALF and FI. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: HAFIS.