Unscramble FISTMELE and you have 210 words, FISTMELE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. LEFTISM and FILMSET are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from FISTMELE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 18 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 60 5-letter words from FISTMELE, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. ITEMS, TIMES and FILES are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FISTMELE tie at 9 points; none scores more. LIFE, ITEM and FILE will look familiar.
EMF and FEM share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words from FISTMELE. SEE, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FISTMELE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FI · ending in LE · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FILMSET and LEFTISM (12 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
FISTMELE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISTMELE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 210) | 165 | 207 | 154 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: FISTMELE, FLEMES, FLEMIT, METIFS, FLEME, FLIMS, METIF, FLIM, EMLETS, FIEST, LEFTE, LIEFS and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: MILFS, LEFTIE, MILF, SELFIE, FEST, FES, STIM, FE, LITES, MES, EST, TES and 1 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 2 of them: EMFS and EMF. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of FISTMELE and one more.