85 words come out when you unscramble FAUNULAE, starting with FAUNULAE itself: 11 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 5 vowels and 3 consonants.
F4A1U12N12U12L12A1E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FAUNULAE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 3 with 6, 7 with 5, 30 with 4, 27 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Keep every letter of FAUNULAE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FA · ending in AE · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FAUNAE and FAUNAL (9 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts FAUNULAE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAUNULAE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 85) | 62 | 84 | 58 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 22 of them: FAUNULAE, FAUNULA, FAUNULE, FLAUNE, FANAL, FLANE, FAAN, LAUF, AUF, FAA, FAE, NEF and 10 more. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: ENUF, FE, NALA and LUN. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ALF.