Unscramble FORTIFIES to get 241 words. FORTIFIES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
F4O1R1T1I1F4I1E1S1
Counting the words from FORTIFIES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 13 with 7, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with FORTIFIES letters: FORFEITS, for 14 points.
Of the 31 6-letter words from FORTIFIES, 8 score 12 points, the group's best. OFFERS, FOREST and EFFORT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FORTIFIES, the top score is 11, reached by 12. FIRST, STORE and OFFER are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 4-letter words in FORTIFIES tie at 10 points; none scores more. FIRE, REST and SOFT will look familiar.
EFF, IFF and OFF share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words made with FORTIFIES letters. ITS, SET and FIT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FORTIFIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What FORTIFIES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FORTIFIES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORTIFIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 181 | 239 | 170 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
58 of the 241 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RESTIFF, TOFFIER, OFFIES, FIFIS, OFFIE, TRIFF, FIFI, FISTIER, FOISTER, FIRIES, FREITS, FROISE and 46 more. 11 of the 241 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: STIFFIE, FRITES, FEST, FES, FE, RESIT, ROSTI, EST, TES, OI and TE. 2 of the 241 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI and ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of FORTIFIES and one more.