Unscramble FRIGHTENS and you have 289 words, FRIGHTENS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FRIGHTENS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 20 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Of the 20 7-letter words made with FRIGHTENS letters, 5 score 14 points, the group's best. FINGERS, FREIGHT and FIGHTER are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FRIGHTENS are led by FIGHTS and FRIGHT, 13 points each. RIGHTS, THINGS and NIGHTS are the familiar ones.
The best of the 5-letter words from FRIGHTENS is FIGHT, 12 points; FIRTH and FRESH on 11 follow. FIRST, RIGHT and NIGHT are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from FRIGHTENS are led by FEHS, FISH and HEFT, 10 points each. GIFT, FIRE and FINE are the familiar ones.
FEH tops the 3-letter words in FRIGHTENS at 9 points; next come FEG and FIG on 7. GET, HIT and FIT will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of FRIGHTENS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with FR · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
What FRIGHTENS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FRIGHTENS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRIGHTENS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 235 | 288 | 220 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
53 of the 289 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RIGHTENS, RIGHTEN, HETING, NITHERS, EHING, FIENTS, FINERS, FREITS, GHEST, HINGS, NITHER, RHINES and 41 more. 15 of the 289 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: REGIFTS, FRIGES, REGIFT, FRITES, GIFS, FEST, GIF, FES, FE, GIS, NEG, SIG and 3 more. 1 of the 289 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of FRIGHTENS spell the words below.