231 words come out when you unscramble INFLECTS, starting with INFLECTS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, INFECTS and INFLECT lead with 12 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from INFLECTS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 17 with 2.
4 of 35 6-letter words made with INFLECTS letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. CLIENT, LISTEN and SILENT will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from INFLECTS; 6 of them share the top score of 10. FILES, LINES and CENTS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble INFLECTS, the top score is 9, reached by 4. LIFE, FILE and LEFT are the familiar ones.
14 of 52 3-letter words from INFLECTS tie at 6 points; none scores more. ITS, SET and LET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of INFLECTS but one, change that one, and you get:
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What INFLECTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INFLECTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INFLECTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 184 | 230 | 168 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 46 of them: FECIT, FIENTS, INFELT, LENTISC, CLINTS, FENIS, FENTS, FIENT, FIEST, INCLES, LIEFS, LIFES and 34 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: FELSIC, INCELS, CLITS, ETICS, FEST, INCEL, CLIT, FES, INTELS, TECS, FE, INTEL and 4 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
This word takes every letter of INFLECTS plus a single extra one.