Unscramble FOSTRESS to get 145 words. FOSTRESS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 11 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Counting the words from FOSTRESS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 18 with 6, 29 with 5, 47 with 4, 33 with 3 and 14 with 2.
14 of 29 5-letter words from FOSTRESS tie at 8 points; none scores more. STORE, ROSES and SORTS will look familiar.
Of the 47 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FOSTRESS, 20 score 7 points, the group's best. SORT, REST and SETS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FOSTRESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FO · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FORESTS and FOSTERS (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FOSTRESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTRESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 145) | 121 | 145 | 111 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
24 of the 145 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FOSTRESS, ORFES, TERFS, FROS, ORFE, ORFS, TEFS, TERF, ERF, ESTROS, ORF, RESTOS and 12 more. 10 of the 145 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FESTS, FEST, FES, SORTES, FE, ESTS, TRES, EST, TES and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of FOSTRESS spell the words below.