Unscramble FIFES and you have 22 words, FIFES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: FIEFS. FIFE, FIEF and EFFS are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
F4I1F4E1S1
Counting the words from FIFES by length: 2 with 5 letters, 5 with 4, 8 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Trade one tile of FIFES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with FI · ending in ES · all 5-letter words
FIFES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FIFES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIFES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 22) | 19 | 21 | 17 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: FEIS and SIF. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: FES and FE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of FIFES spell the words below.