Unscramble FIMBRIATES and you have 326 words, FIMBRIATES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. FIMBRIATE is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FIMBRIATES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 9 with 8, 44 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
FIMBRIATE is the only one of the 9-letter words in FIMBRIATES; it scores 16 points.
FERBAMS and FIMBRIA are the top 7-letter words you get when you unscramble FIMBRIATES, 14 points each. FAIRIES and TIMBERS will look familiar.
The best of the 6-letter words from FIMBRIATES is FERBAM, 13 points; BARFIS and BEFITS on 11 follow. FASTER, FRAMES and TIMBER are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from FIMBRIATES, the top score is 10, reached by 17. FIRST, AFTER and FRAME are the familiar ones.
13 of 60 4-letter words in FIMBRIATES tie at 9 points; none scores more. FAST, FIRE and SAFE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with FIMBRIATES letters, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. MAR, FAR and BIT are the ones most people know.
These 3 words have the length of FIMBRIATES, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with FI · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FIMBRIAE (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: FIMBRIATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIMBRIATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 326) | 256 | 323 | 235 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
67 of the 326 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FIMBRIATES, BIFTERS, FREMITS, MISFARE, BETRIMS, BIFTER, FRAIMS, FREMIT, IAMBIST, IMBRAST, METIFS, TAMBERS and 55 more. 23 of the 326 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FIBRATES, FIBRATE, FIBSTER, BARFIS, FAIRIEST, BARFI, AMIRITE, BITSIER, FABS, FAMS, FRITES, IFTARS and 11 more. 2 of the 326 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMFS and EMF. 1 of the 326 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.