214 words come out when you unscramble FOLKIEST, starting with FOLKIEST itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FOLKIES leads with 14 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from FOLKIEST split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 13 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with FOLKIEST letters: FOLKIES, for 14 points.
Of the 54 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FOLKIEST, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. FILES, FOLKS and LIKES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from FOLKIEST; 7 of them share the top score of 11. LIKE, LIFE and FILE are everyday picks.
KEF and KIF share the top score of 10 among the 3-letter words in FOLKIEST. ITS, SET and LET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of FOLKIEST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with FO · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
What FOLKIEST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: FOLKIEST is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOLKIEST itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 214) | 168 | 213 | 148 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FIKES, FLISK, SKELF, FIKE, FISK, FLOTES, FOLIES, LOKES, EIKS, FIEST, FLOTE, FOLIE and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FOLKIEST, FILKS, FILK, KELTS, KELT, KOIS, OIKS, SKOL, FEST, KIS, OIK, FES and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
These 4 words take every letter of FOLKIEST plus a single extra one.