Unscramble LOFTSMEN and you have 212 words, LOFTSMEN itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is FOMENTS, 12 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from LOFTSMEN by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 19 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words in LOFTSMEN, FOMENT leads with 11 points, then FELONS and FLOTES on 9. MOTELS, STOLEN and SOLEMN are the familiar ones.
FOMES tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LOFTSMEN at 10 points; next come FELON and FELTS on 8. OFTEN, NOTES and STONE will look familiar.
EMFS and FEMS share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words from LOFTSMEN. SOME, MOST and LEFT are the ones most people know.
EMF and FEM are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LOFTSMEN, 8 points each. NOT, ONE and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of LOFTSMEN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LO · ending in EN · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FOMENTS (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts LOFTSMEN, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOFTSMEN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 212) | 173 | 210 | 159 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LOFTSMEN, FOMES, FLOTES, FENTS, FLOTE, FONES, ELFS, FENT, FOEN, FONE, LOMES, MESTO and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TEFLONS, TEFLON, MENTOS, METOLS, FEST, MENTO, METOL, EMOS, FES, EMO, FE, MES and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMFS and EMF, 2 in all.
This word takes every letter of LOFTSMEN plus a single extra one.