Unscramble FINGERBOARD to get 372 words. FINGERBOARD itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is FORBEARING, 16 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from FINGERBOARD split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 10, 5 with 9, 23 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 40 with 2.
FORBEARING scores highest among the 10-letter words in FINGERBOARD at 16 points, ahead of FIREDRAGON on 15 and REBOARDING on 14.
FERNBIRD scores highest among the 8-letter words from FINGERBOARD at 14 points, ahead of FRONDAGE on 13 and ABORDING on 12. ORDERING, INFRARED and BOARDING are the ones most people know.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble FINGERBOARD, BARFING and FORBADE tie for first at 13 points. FOREIGN, BONDAGE and BEARING are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words made with FINGERBOARD letters, the top score is 12, reached by 4. FRIEND, BRIDGE and FINDER are the familiar ones.
BEFOG tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FINGERBOARD at 11 points; next come BARFI and BRIEF on 10. BEING, BOARD and BEGIN will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from FINGERBOARD, the top score is 9, reached by 4. FIND, BAND and BIRD are the familiar ones.
FAB, FIB and FOB are the top 3-letter words in FINGERBOARD, 8 points each. BIG, BAD and FAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of FINGERBOARD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with FI · ending in RD · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FORBEARING (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. FINGERBOARD is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINGERBOARD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 372) | 290 | 371 | 264 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
81 of the 372 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FIREDRAGON, FERNBIRD, FRONDAGE, ABORDING, BONDAGER, GABIONED, ABORIGEN, BARREING, BERRIGAN, BINGOED, BODGIER, BREDING and 69 more. 26 of the 372 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FIREBOARD, FAIRGOER, FIBRED, FORBARE, BOINGED, DEFRAG, BANDIER, BARFI, FADEIN, REBRAND, BARNED, BEGAD and 14 more. 1 of the 372 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
This word takes every letter of FINGERBOARD plus a single extra one.