24 words come out when you unscramble FISHILY, starting with FISHILY itself: 16 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. FISHY is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of FISHILY in one turn: 66 in Scrabble (16 + 50), 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
F4I1S1H43I1L12Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from FISHILY by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 5, 4 with 4, 9 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 6 letters.
Keep every letter of FISHILY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with FI · ending in LY · all 7-letter words
FISHILY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FISHILY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHILY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 24) | 20 | 23 | 20 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FY, ISH and SIF, 3 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
This word takes every letter of FISHILY plus a single extra one.