Unscramble NEFARIOUS and you have 275 words, NEFARIOUS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are FARINOSE, FURANOSE and REFUSION, 11 points each. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NEFARIOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
Of the 47 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NEFARIOUS, 22 score 9 points, the group's best. REASON, SENIOR and FUSION are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from NEFARIOUS, the top score is 8, reached by 53. ARISE, FIRES and FEARS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words from NEFARIOUS score 7 points. INFO, FOUR and FIRE are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in NEFARIOUS; 31 of them share the top score of 6. ARE, AIR and FUN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of NEFARIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NE · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FARINOSE and FURANOSE (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NEFARIOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEFARIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 275) | 205 | 274 | 192 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
69 of the 275 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: REFUSION, SERAFIN, UNFAIRS, FAINES, FINERS, FORANE, FROISE, FUEROS, NAIFER, SURFIE, FAINE, FAINS and 57 more. 13 of the 275 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: UNSAFER, FREONS, AFROS, FREON, SNARF, AFRO, ENUF, FES, NAIRUS, SARNIE, FE, ARO and 1 more. 1 of the 275 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of NEFARIOUS spell the words below.