165 words come out when you unscramble FERLYING, starting with FERLYING itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 15 points: REFLYING. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from FERLYING by length: 2 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 14 with 6, 32 with 5, 51 with 4, 48 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 32 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FERLYING, the top score is 11, reached by 6. LYING, FLYER and RIFLE are the familiar ones.
FLEY, FYLE and RYFE share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words in FERLYING. LIFE, LINE and FILE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with FERLYING letters, FEY, FLY and FRY tie for first at 9 points. FIG, LEG and LIE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of FERLYING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FE · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; REFLYING (15 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
FERLYING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERLYING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 127 | 164 | 120 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
37 of the 165 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FERLYING, FEYING, LENIFY, ELFING, FYLE, RYFE, FLEG, FY, NIRLY, FEG, FENI, FIER and 25 more. 7 of the 165 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GYNIE, FLIR, GIF, YER, FE, NEG and GI. 1 of the 165 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of FERLYING and one more.