Unscramble FLANCHES and you have 208 words, FLANCHES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CHAFES, FLANCH and FLENCH, 14 points each. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from FLANCHES split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 17 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in FLANCHES: LANCHES, for 12 points.
CHAFE, CHEFS and FELCH share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words from FLANCHES. FLASH, SCALE and CLEAN are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FLANCHES is CHEF, 12 points; FAHS and FASH on 10 follow. EACH, CASE and SELF are everyday picks.
FAH and FEH are the top 3-letter words made with FLANCHES letters, 9 points each. CAN, HAS and SEA will look familiar.
Keep every letter of FLANCHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FL · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CHAFES and FLENCH (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts FLANCHES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLANCHES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 162 | 206 | 147 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: FLANCHES, FLANCH, FELCH, HALFEN, CANEHS, HALFS, SEALCH, CANEH, CHALS, NACHE, CHAL, CHAS and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: LANCHES, FAHS, LANCH, CAFS, FAH, CAF, LAHS, SHEN, AHS, CALS, FES, LAH and 3 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: ALFS and ALF.
This word takes every letter of FLANCHES plus a single extra one.