Unscramble FUNCTIONAL to get 290 words. FUNCTIONAL itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are FUNCTION, CALIFONT and CLAFOUTI, 13 points each. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
F4U12N12C34T1I1O1N12A1L12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FUNCTIONAL by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 7 with 8, 22 with 7, 53 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
FACTION, FOLACIN and NONFACT share the top score of 12 among the 7-letter words from FUNCTIONAL. AUCTION, CONTAIN and CAUTION are the ones most people know.
53 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FUNCTIONAL; 7 of them share the top score of 11. ACTION, NATION and INFANT are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from FUNCTIONAL, the top score is 10, reached by 5. FINAL, CANON and COUNT are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 4-letter words in FUNCTIONAL tie at 9 points; none scores more. INFO, FACT and FLAT will look familiar.
CAF scores highest among the 3-letter words made with FUNCTIONAL letters at 8 points, ahead of AFT and ALF on 6. NOT, CAN and OUT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FUNCTIONAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with FU · ending in AL · all 10-letter words
What FUNCTIONAL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FUNCTIONAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUNCTIONAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 235 | 288 | 220 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: CALIFONT, FINNAC, OLFACT, UNFACT, FLUTINA, NUTLOAF, ANNICUT, CANTION, CAUF, CONF, FIAUNT, ANICUT and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: CLAFOUTI, FINCA, FOLIC, ALTCOIN, INFULA, CAF, COLTAN, FINNA, CUNIT, UNICA, CLIT, CAL and 3 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: ALF and FI.
With one more tile, the letters of FUNCTIONAL spell the words below.