Unscramble FLATBACKS and you have 182 words, FLATBACKS itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from FLATBACKS split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 2 with 7, 7 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 11 with 2.
FLACK scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FLATBACKS at 14 points, ahead of ABACK and BACKS on 13. BLACK, FACTS and TALKS are the ones most people know.
BACK tops the 4-letter words from FLATBACKS at 12 points; next come FLAK and KAFS on 11. TALK, FAST and FACT will look familiar.
KAF scores highest among the 3-letter words in FLATBACKS at 10 points, ahead of ACK and KAB on 9. ACT, ASK and SAT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FLATBACKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FL · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BACKFATS, FASTBACK and FATBACKS (19 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FLATBACKS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLATBACKS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 182) | 148 | 180 | 133 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FLATBACKS, FLATBACK, ABASK, BAFTS, KATALS, TALAKS, ABACS, BAFT, CABAS, KATAL, LAKSA, TALAK and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BACKFATS, BACKFAT, FLAKS, FACTA, ACK, CAFS, FABS, TAKAS, CAF, FAB, SABAL, CALS and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS and ALF, 2 in all.