475 words come out when you unscramble FINGERPLATES, starting with FINGERPLATES itself: 18 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FINGERPLATES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 11, 15 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
FINGERPLATE tops the 11-letter words in FINGERPLATES at 17 points; next comes PREGENITALS on 14.
PERSIFLAGE and PILFERAGES share the top score of 16 among the 10-letter words made with FINGERPLATES letters. GENERALIST is the one most people know.
Among the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble FINGERPLATES, PILFERAGE leads with 15 points, then AFTERINGS and FALTERING on 13. PENALTIES and REPEATING are the familiar ones.
PERFINGS tops the 8-letter words from FINGERPLATES at 14 points; next come FIREPANS and FLEAPITS on 13. FEELINGS, FASTENER and LIFESPAN will look familiar.
FRAPING and PERFING share the top score of 13 among the 7-letter words made with FINGERPLATES letters. FEELING, FINGERS and FRAGILE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FINGERPLATES, the top score is 11, reached by 9. FASTER, FINGER and FRINGE are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 5-letter words from FINGERPLATES tie at 10 points; none scores more. AFTER, GIFTS and FALSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in FINGERPLATES, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. FILE, GIFT and FAST are the ones most people know.
FAP tops the 3-letter words made with FINGERPLATES letters at 8 points; next come FAG and FEG on 7. FAR, FEE and FAT will look familiar.
These 3 words have the length of FINGERPLATES, with one letter different:
More 12-letter words: starting with FI · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 5 highest-scoring answers, starting with FALTERING, FESTERING, FIGEATERS, FILAGREES and FINAGLERS (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FINGERPLATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINGERPLATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 475) | 357 | 470 | 324 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
115 of the 475 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FINGERPLATES, FINGERPLATE, FALTERINGS, PERFINGS, AFTERINGS, FELTERING, FLEERINGS, FRAGILEST, FRAPING, INTERPAGES, PERFING, PIGNERATES and 103 more. 31 of the 475 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LIFESPAN, EPATERING, FANGIRLS, FIGTREES, FREEGANS, INTERLEAF, PLEATINGS, PRESIGNAL, RAFTINGS, SPRINGLET, STEEPLING, EPISTERNA and 19 more. 3 of the 475 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI. 2 of the 475 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: PREGENITALS and LARPINGS.