Unscramble OUTFIRES and you have 261 words, OUTFIRES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of OUTFIRES is on the page: FOUSTIER, each 11 points. The best shorter words score 10: 7 of them, FORTIES, SURFEIT and FOISTER included. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from OUTFIRES by length: 2 with 8 letters, 11 with 7, 42 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Of the 42 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OUTFIRES, 24 score 9 points, the group's best. FOREST, FOSTER and ROUTES are the ones most people know.
38 of 60 5-letter words from OUTFIRES tie at 8 points; none scores more. FIRST, FRUIT and OUTER will look familiar.
60 4-letter words from OUTFIRES; 44 of them share the top score of 7. FOUR, FIRE and REST are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in OUTFIRES, the top score is 6, reached by 23. OUT, ITS and SET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of OUTFIRES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OU · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
OUTFIRES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. OUTFIRES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUTFIRES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 261) | 186 | 259 | 173 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
73 of the 261 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FOISTER, FOUTERS, FOUTRES, FOUEST, FOUETS, FOUTER, FOUTRE, FREITS, FROISE, FUEROS, SURFIE, FIERS and 61 more. 13 of the 261 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FOUSTIER, FRITES, FEST, FES, OUTIES, FE, OUTIE, RESIT, ROSTI, EST, TES, OI and 1 more. 2 of the 261 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI and ITER.
These 6 words take every letter of OUTFIRES plus a single extra one.