136 words come out when you unscramble JELLYFISH, starting with JELLYFISH itself: 25 in Scrabble, 27 in Words With Friends. JELLIFY is the best of the shorter words, at 20 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from JELLYFISH split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 2 with 7, 6 with 6, 32 with 5, 44 with 4, 34 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble JELLYFISH, JELLY leads with 15 points, then FISHY on 14 and JELLS on 12. FILES, HILLS and SHELL are the familiar ones.
JELL and JILL are the top 4-letter words from JELLYFISH, 11 points each. LIFE, FILE and SELL will look familiar.
Keep every letter of JELLYFISH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with JE · ending in SH · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; JELLIFY (20 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept JELLYFISH, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| JELLYFISH itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 136) | 111 | 135 | 108 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 24 of them: SHELFY, FYLES, HYLES, FEYS, FYLE, HEYS, HYES, HYLE, HYE, FY, LEISH, LIEFS and 12 more. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: FLESHILY, FES and FE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.