Unscramble OUTFENCES and you have 234 words, OUTFENCES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. CONFUTES and OUTFENCE are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 9 letters: 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 OUTFENCES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 22 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Of the 22 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OUTFENCES, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. COUNTS, OUNCES and FENCES are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from OUTFENCES; 5 of them share the top score of 10. OFTEN, NOTES and FOCUS are everyday picks.
COFT, CONF and FUSC share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words in OUTFENCES. COST, ONCE and FEET are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with OUTFENCES letters; 15 of them share the top score of 6. NOT, ONE and OUT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of OUTFENCES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OU · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
OUTFENCES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OUTFENCES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUTFENCES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 234) | 173 | 234 | 157 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONFEST, FUSTOC, CONFS, SCUFT, CONF, ECONUTS, FOUEST, FOUETS, FUSC, UNCOEST, UNSOFT, CTENES and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OUTFENCES, OUTFENCE, CENTU, ENUF, FEST, ONCET, ECOS, FES, TECS, ECO, FE, NUTSO and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT, 2 in all.