Unscramble LIGNIFIES to get 156 words. LIGNIFIES itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is IGNIFIES, 12 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
L12I1G23N12I1F4I1E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from LIGNIFIES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 12 with 6, 34 with 5, 53 with 4, 39 with 3 and 13 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in LIGNIFIES: IGNIFIES, 12 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LIGNIFIES, FEIGN, FLEGS and FLING tie for first at 9 points. FILES, LINES and FLIES are everyday picks.
4 of 53 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LIGNIFIES tie at 8 points; none scores more. LIFE, LINE and SIGN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of LIGNIFIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
LIGNIFIES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LIGNIFIES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIGNIFIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 156) | 112 | 155 | 103 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: ELFING, FLEGS, FEGS, FENIS, FILII, FLEG, LIEFS, LIFES, NIEFS, NIFES, SEILING, ELFS and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: GIFS, GIF, FES, FE, NEGS, GIS, NEG, SIG and GI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.