232 words come out when you unscramble NAILFILES, starting with NAILFILES itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. FINALISE and NAILFILE are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NAILFILES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 21 with 2.
15 of 30 6-letter words from NAILFILES tie at 9 points; none scores more. FALLEN, FINALS and ALLIES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NAILFILES, 31 score 8 points, the group's best. FILES, FINAL and LINES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from NAILFILES, the top score is 7, reached by 34. LIFE, FILE and SELF are the familiar ones.
Of the 50 3-letter words in NAILFILES, 14 score 6 points, the group's best. ALL, SEA and FAN are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of NAILFILES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with NA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FINALISE (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts NAILFILES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAILFILES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 184 | 229 | 179 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
45 of the 232 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NAILFILES, NAILFILE, FAINES, FAINE, FAINS, FEALS, FENIS, FLANE, LIEFS, LIFES, NIEFS, NIFES and 33 more. 5 of the 232 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INFILLS, INFILL, FES, FE and SAN. 3 of the 232 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of NAILFILES and one more.