Unscramble GRIFFES and you have 94 words, GRIFFES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are GRIFFE and GRIFFS, 13 points each. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. GRIFFES as a single 7-tile play makes 64 in Scrabble, 14 plus the 50 bonus, and 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from GRIFFES by length: 1 with 7 letters, 5 with 6, 15 with 5, 32 with 4, 31 with 3 and 10 with 2.
4 of 32 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GRIFFES tie at 10 points; none scores more. FIRE, RISE and FIFE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of GRIFFES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with GR · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
What GRIFFES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GRIFFES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 94) | 78 | 93 | 70 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FEGS, FIERS, REFIS, FEG, FEIS, FIER, FRIS, REFI, ERF, GRISE, SIF, GERS and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FRIGES, GIFS, GIF, FES, FE, GIS, SIG and GI, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
These 3 words take every letter of GRIFFES plus a single extra one.