Unscramble HIGHFLIER to get 80 words. HIGHFLIER itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. HIGHLIFE is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HIGHFLIER by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 6, 8 with 5, 27 with 4, 29 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in HIGHFLIER: HIGHLIFE, for 18 points.
HIGH scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HIGHFLIER at 11 points, ahead of FLEG and FRIG on 8. LIFE, FILE and GIRL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HIGHFLIER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HI · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HIGHLIFE (18 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HIGHFLIER 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHFLIER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 80) | 68 | 79 | 64 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
11 of the 80 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FIRIE, FLEG, FEG, FIER, REFI, ERF, REH, GLEI, GER, LEIR and LIG. 4 of the 80 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FLIR, GIF, FE and GI. 1 of the 80 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of HIGHFLIER spell the words below.