Unscramble FRONTWARD and you have 180 words, FRONTWARD itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are FORWARD and FROWARD, 14 points each. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
F4R1O1N12T1W4A1R1D2
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from FRONTWARD by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 8 with 6, 28 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 8 letters.
DWARF scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FRONTWARD at 12 points, ahead of FROWN on 11 and ADOWN on 9. FRONT, DRAFT and DRAWN are the ones most people know.
DOWF tops the 4-letter words from FRONTWARD at 11 points; next come FAWN and FROW on 10. WANT, DOWN and ROAD will look familiar.
The 3-letter words in FRONTWARD are led by FAW and WOF, 9 points each. NOT, NOW and TWO are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of FRONTWARD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FR · ending in RD · all 9-letter words
The meaning of FRONTWARD, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FRONTWARD works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRONTWARD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 146 | 180 | 137 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
34 of the 180 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FORWARN, DOWF, NORWARD, FORRAD, AFRONT, DOWAR, DOWNA, FAW, FONDA, ROWND, TARROW, WOF and 22 more. 9 of the 180 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FARRO, AFRO, ANDRO, OWT, RANDO, DAN, ODA, ARO and DA.
This word takes every letter of FRONTWARD plus a single extra one.