Unscramble INFAMES and you have 177 words, INFAMES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of INFAMES is on the page: FAMINES, each 12 points. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of INFAMES in one turn: 62 in Scrabble (12 + 50), 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from INFAMES split into 2 with 7 letters, 9 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 22 with 2.
FAMES tops the 5-letter words from INFAMES at 10 points; next come FAINE and FAINS on 8. MEANS, NAMES and ANIME will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble INFAMES, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. NAME, SAME and MAIN are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble INFAMES, EMF, FAM and FEM tie for first at 8 points. MAN, MEN and SEA are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of INFAMES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with IN · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FAMINES (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: INFAMES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INFAMES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 128 | 174 | 121 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
46 of the 177 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INFAMES, INFAME, FAINES, FAINE, FAINS, FENIS, MANIES, NIEFS, NIFES, FEIS, FENI, MAISE and 34 more. 9 of the 177 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FAMS, FAM, MANIS, FES, MANI, FE, MES, NAES and SAN. 2 of the 177 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMFS and EMF. 1 of the 177 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
These 6 words take every letter of INFAMES plus a single extra one.