Unscramble FIANCAILLES and you have 319 words, FIANCAILLES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FALLACIES leads with 14 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from FIANCAILLES split into 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 9, 13 with 8, 39 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Among 39 7-letter words from FIANCAILLES, the top score is 12, reached by 12. FACIALS is the familiar one.
17 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FIANCAILLES tie at 11 points; none scores more. FISCAL, FACIAL and FALLEN will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with FIANCAILLES letters, 12 score 10 points, the group's best. FILES, FINAL and CALLS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FIANCAILLES, the top score is 9, reached by 8. LIFE, FILE and CASE are the familiar ones.
CAF tops the 3-letter words from FIANCAILLES at 8 points; next come ALF and EFS on 6. ALL, CAN and FAN will look familiar.
Trade one tile of FIANCAILLES for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with FI · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FALLACIES (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FIANCAILLES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIANCAILLES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 319) | 252 | 316 | 235 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
64 of the 319 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FIANCAILLES, FELICIAS, CAFILAS, FELICIA, FICAINS, NAILFILES, CAFILA, FICAIN, NAILFILE, FASCI, LACINIAE, ALLICES and 52 more. 17 of the 319 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FACIAE, FELSIC, FINCAS, FINCA, INFILLS, CAFS, INFILL, CAF, CEILIS, INCELS, ACAIS, CEILI and 5 more. 3 of the 319 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI.