272 words come out when you unscramble FAULTIEST, starting with FAULTIEST itself: 12 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: FISTULATE. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FAULTIEST by length: 2 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 15 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Of the 44 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FAULTIEST, 21 score 9 points, the group's best. LATEST, TITLES and STATUE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words in FAULTIEST; 47 of them share the top score of 8. FILES, LEAST and FALSE are everyday picks.
50 of 60 4-letter words made with FAULTIEST letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. LIFE, FILE and LEFT will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble FAULTIEST, 19 score 6 points, the group's best. ITS, SET and LET are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of FAULTIEST, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with FA · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
What FAULTIEST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FAULTIEST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAULTIEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 272) | 203 | 269 | 187 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
66 of the 272 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FUTILEST, FLUATES, FLUIEST, FASTIE, FETTAS, FITTES, FLITTS, FLUATE, FUSTET, ALEFT, FASTI, FAUTS and 54 more. 16 of the 272 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FISTULATE, FLATTIES, FLATTIE, SEALIFT, FUTSAL, FESTA, FEST, AUTIST, FES, LITEST, TUILES, UTILES and 4 more. 3 of the 272 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI.
With one more tile, the letters of FAULTIEST spell the words below.