Unscramble FIREGUARD and you have 239 words, FIREGUARD itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ARGUFIED leads with 13 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from FIREGUARD by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
DEFRAG and FRIDGE share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FIREGUARD. FIGURE, REGARD and ARGUED are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from FIREGUARD, FADGE, FIDGE and FUDGE tie for first at 10 points. GUIDE, GRADE and GUARD are everyday picks.
9 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FIREGUARD tie at 8 points; none scores more. FIRE, DRUG and FAIR will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from FIREGUARD, 11 score 7 points, the group's best. AIR, RED and AGE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FIREGUARD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FI · ending in RD · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ARGUFIED (13 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
FIREGUARD works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIREGUARD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 239) | 172 | 238 | 165 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, *Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
65 of the 239 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FADEUR, FADIER, FARRED, FURDER, GAUFER, GAUFRE, DURGIER, FAURD, FAURER, FUGIE, GRUFE, DEIF and 53 more. 9 of the 239 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FUDGIER, DEFRAG, AGUED, DURAG, FAG, GIF, RAGER, AREG and GRR. 1 of the 239 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: FI. 1 of the 239 answers is missing from Scrabble US: DI.
This word takes every letter of FIREGUARD plus a single extra one.