Unscramble INSECTIFUGES to get 352 words. INSECTIFUGES itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is INSECTIFUGE, 17 points. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from INSECTIFUGES split into 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 11, 1 with 10, 4 with 9, 21 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Among the 11-letter words made with INSECTIFUGES letters, INSECTIFUGE leads with 17 points, then EUGENICISTS on 14.
EUGENICIST is the only one of the 10-letter words in INSECTIFUGES; it scores 13 points.
INFICETE tops the 8-letter words from INSECTIFUGES at 13 points; next come FISTINGS and SIFTINGS on 12. GENETICS and CUISINES will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble INSECTIFUGES, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. FITNESS, GENETIC and CUISINE are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words from INSECTIFUGES, FUNGIC leads with 12 points, then FENCES and FESCUE on 11. CITIES, CENSUS and SCENES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words in INSECTIFUGES, 9 score 10 points, the group's best. GIFTS, CENTS and FENCE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with INSECTIFUGES letters; 5 of them share the top score of 9. GIFT, FINE and FEET are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble INSECTIFUGES, the top score is 7, reached by 4. GET, FUN and CUT are the familiar ones.
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More 12-letter words: starting with IN · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FESCUES, FICUSES, FISTINGS, FUNGIC, FUSTICS, INFECTS and SIFTINGS (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
INSECTIFUGES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSECTIFUGES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 352) | 267 | 351 | 239 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
82 of the 352 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INSECTIFUGES, INSECTIFUGE, INFICETE, SCUNGIEST, FEESING, FUSTING, SCIENTISE, SCUFTS, CISSING, CUEINGS, FECIT, FUGIES and 70 more. 30 of the 352 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FISTINGS, GIFTEES, FINESTS, GIFTEE, CUEISTS, NEUSTIC, CUEIST, CUNITS, ENSUITES, FESTS, GIFS, STINGES and 18 more. 2 of the 352 answers are missing from Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT. 1 of the 352 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.