Unscramble FAUXMANCES to get 228 words. FAUXMANCES itself is a real word: 24 points on a Scrabble board, 28 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from FAUXMANCES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 7, 21 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with FAUXMANCES letters: FAUXMANCE, for 23 points.
The best of the 6-letter words from FAUXMANCES is EXACUM, 17 points; AXEMAN and SAXMAN on 15 follow. NAUSEA, UNSAFE and SEAMAN are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FAUXMANCES, FAXES leads with 15 points, then AXMAN and AXMEN on 14. MEANS, NAMES and CAUSE are the familiar ones.
FAUX tops the 4-letter words in FAUXMANCES at 14 points; next come AMEX and EXAM on 13. CASE, FACE and CAME will look familiar.
FAX scores highest among the 3-letter words made with FAUXMANCES letters at 13 points, ahead of MAX and MUX on 12. CAN, MAN and MEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FAUXMANCES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with FA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AXEMAN, FAXES, SAXMAN and SAXMEN (15 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts FAUXMANCES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAUXMANCES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 167 | 225 | 154 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: FAUXMANCES, FAUXMANCE, EXACUMS, EXACUM, FACEMAN, CASEMAN, SAXE, CAMANS, MANCUS, CAMAN, CAMUS, CAUF and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: SAXMAN, SAXMEN, MUXES, MUX, SAMFU, CAFS, FAMS, CAF, CUMS, FAM, ENUF, FES and 3 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 2 of them: EMFS and EMF. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: AMEX.