287 words come out when you unscramble FIDELISTA, starting with FIDELISTA itself: 13 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are FILIATED, LADIFIES and SALIFIED, 12 points each. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from FIDELISTA split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 15 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
Of the 56 6-letter words from FIDELISTA, 15 score 10 points, the group's best. LISTED, DETAIL and FIELDS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FIDELISTA; 13 of them share the top score of 9. FIELD, FILES and DEALS are everyday picks.
12 of 60 4-letter words in FIDELISTA tie at 8 points; none scores more. DATE, LIFE and FILE will look familiar.
60 3-letter words made with FIDELISTA letters; 5 of them share the top score of 7. ITS, ADS and AID are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of FIDELISTA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FI · ending in TA · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FILIATED and SALIFIED (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FIDELISTA is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIDELISTA itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 287) | 239 | 284 | 223 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
45 of the 287 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LADIFIES, DAFTIES, DISLEAF, FADIEST, DAFTIE, DEFAST, FALSED, FIATED, FASTIE, FIDES, SAFED, ALEFT and 33 more. 16 of the 287 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FIDELISTA, SEALIFT, DIFS, FESTA, DEF, DIF, FEST, DELTS, FES, FE, DAS, EDS and 4 more. 3 of the 287 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of FIDELISTA and one more.