Unscramble FISSLES and you have 57 words, FISSLES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. FISSLE is the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. FISSLES as a single 7-tile play makes 60 in Scrabble, 10 plus the 50 bonus, and 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FISSLES by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 10 with 5, 20 with 4, 15 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of FISSLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with FI · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FILES, FLIES, SEIFS and SELFS (8 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: FISSLES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISSLES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 57) | 41 | 56 | 39 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 15 of them: FISSLES, FISSLE, LIEFS, LIFES, ELFS, FEIS, LISSES, SIF, SEILS, SILES, SEIL, SESS and 3 more. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: FES and FE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
These 5 words take every letter of FISSLES plus a single extra one.