Unscramble FESTIEST and you have 102 words, FESTIEST itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, EFTEST, FEISTS and FITTES lead with 9 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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By length, the words from FESTIEST split into 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 6, 20 with 5, 37 with 4, 24 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 7 letters.
16 of 37 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FESTIEST tie at 7 points; none scores more. SITE, TEST and FEET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of FESTIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FE · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FEISTS (9 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FESTIEST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FESTIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 102) | 76 | 101 | 67 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FESTIEST, EFTEST, FITTES, FETTS, FIEST, FITTE, FITTS, TIFTS, FEIS, FETT, FITT, TEFS and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FESTS, FEST, FES, FE, ESSE, ESTS, EST, TES and TE, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of FESTIEST spell the words below.