96 words come out when you unscramble GAFFINGS, starting with GAFFINGS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. GAFFING is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from GAFFINGS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 3 with 6, 14 with 5, 33 with 4, 32 with 3 and 12 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with GAFFINGS letters: GAFFING, 15 points.
GAFF scores highest among the 4-letter words from GAFFINGS at 11 points, ahead of NAFF and NIFF on 10. SIGN, GAIN and FANS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of GAFFINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GA · ending in GS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GAFFING (15 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts GAFFINGS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAFFINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 96) | 79 | 95 | 65 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GAFFINGS, SAFING, FAINS, GINGS, GING, SIF, GANS, INGS, NGAI, SNIG, ING, ISNA and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NAFFS, NIFFS, NAFF, NIFF, GIFS, GIF, IGGS, SIGNA, IGG, AGS, GIS, SIG and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.