Unscramble FORWASTES and you have 290 words, FORWASTES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of FORWASTES is on the page: SOFTWARES, each 15 points. Of the shorter words, SOFTWARE, FORWASTE and FRETSAWS lead with 14 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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By length, the words from FORWASTES split into 2 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 19 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FORWASTES, 7 score 12 points, the group's best. FOREST, FASTER and WATERS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FORWASTES; 8 of them share the top score of 11. AFTER, FEARS and FROST are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from FORWASTES, the top score is 10, reached by 7. FAST, SAFE and SOFT are the familiar ones.
FAW, FEW and WOF share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words in FORWASTES. ARE, WAS and TWO are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FORWASTES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SOFTWARES (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FORWASTES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORWASTES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 230 | 290 | 214 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FORWASTES, FORWASTE, FETWAS, SWERFS, FETWA, SOWFS, SWERF, FASTERS, FAWS, FEWS, SOWF, SOWTERS and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FESTAS, AFROS, FESTA, FESTS, AFRO, FEST, OSETRAS, OSSETRA, OWTS, FES, OWT, EW and 4 more, 16 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of FORWASTES spell the words below.