Unscramble FEDERACY and you have 184 words, FEDERACY itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
F4E1D2E1R1A1C34Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from FEDERACY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 17 with 2.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FEDERACY is FARCY, 13 points; FAYED and FEYED on 12 follow. READY, FACED and CEDAR are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from FEDERACY, FYCE leads with 12 points, then DEFY and FADY on 11. FREE, YEAR and CARE are the familiar ones.
FAY, FEY and FRY share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words from FEDERACY. ARE, DAY and CAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FEDERACY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FE · ending in CY · all 8-letter words
What FEDERACY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FEDERACY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEDERACY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 184) | 143 | 184 | 136 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: FEYED, AREFY, CARDY, DARCY, FADY, FAYER, FAYRE, FYRD, YFERE, RYFE, CRAY, YEARD and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: CEDARY, CAF, CRED, DEF, YER, FE and DA.