Unscramble FESTINATION and you have 365 words, FESTINATION itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 14 points: INFESTATION and SINFONIETTA. 4 shorter words score 12, among them FAINTIEST, FETATIONS and INFESTANT. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FESTINATION by length: 3 with 11 letters, 7 with 9, 25 with 8, 57 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2. None has 10 letters.
3 11-letter words made with FESTINATION letters use every letter: FESTINATION and its 2 anagrams SINFONIETTA and INFESTATION, all with 14 points.
13 of 25 8-letter words from FESTINATION tie at 11 points; none scores more. NOTIFIES will look familiar.
Of the 57 7-letter words you get when you unscramble FESTINATION, 14 score 10 points, the group's best. STATION, NATIONS and INSTANT are the ones most people know.
26 of 60 6-letter words from FESTINATION tie at 9 points; none scores more. NATION, INFANT and INTENT will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words in FESTINATION, the top score is 8, reached by 44. OFTEN, FONTS and FEAST are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with FESTINATION letters, 48 score 7 points, the group's best. INFO, FAST and FINE are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble FESTINATION; 21 of them share the top score of 6. NOT, ITS and NET are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of FESTINATION for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with FE · ending in ON · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with INFESTATION (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: FESTINATION is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FESTINATION itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 365) | 258 | 364 | 239 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FESTINATION, FAINTIEST, SAINTFOIN, FAINITES, ENFANTS, FAINNES, FANSITE, NAIFEST, ENFANT, FAINES, FAINNE, FASTIE and 94 more, 106 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TONIFIES, FINITO, FESTA, FINNA, OSTINATI, FEST, INOSINE, OATIEST, FES, INIONS, INNIES, NATTOS and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
These 3 words take every letter of FESTINATION plus a single extra one.