Unscramble KNIFEMAN and you have 128 words, KNIFEMAN itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
K5N12I1F4E1M34A1N12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from KNIFEMAN by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 6, 10 with 5, 51 with 4, 41 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among 51 4-letter words you get when you unscramble KNIFEMAN, the top score is 11, reached by 7. NAME, MAKE and MAIN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of KNIFEMAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with KN · ending in AN · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FAKIE, KENAF, KINEMA and KNIFE (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: KNIFEMAN 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNIFEMAN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 128) | 90 | 126 | 84 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: KNIFEMAN, FAIK, FANK, FENMAN, FIKE, INFAME, KAIM, MAIK, FAINNE, KAM, MAK, FAINE and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: FAKIE, MAKI, FAM, FINNA, KI, MANI and FE. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: EMF. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.