Unscramble PAINFULLY and you have 167 words, PAINFULLY itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. PLAYFUL is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34A1I1N12F4U12L12L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PAINFULLY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 12 with 6, 23 with 5, 58 with 4, 45 with 3 and 20 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in PAINFULLY: PLAINFUL, 13 points.
FLAY scores highest among the 4-letter words in PAINFULLY at 10 points, ahead of FLAP and FLIP on 9. FULL, PLAN and PLAY are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words made with PAINFULLY letters are led by FAY and FLY, 9 points each. ALL, ANY and PAY are the familiar ones.
These 5 words have the length of PAINFULLY, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
PAINFULLY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PAINFULLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAINFULLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 167) | 138 | 165 | 132 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
27 of the 167 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PLAINFUL, FAINLY, NAIFLY, PINFALL, UPFILL, PULLY, UNPAY, UPLAY, FULLAN, PULY, FAP, FY and 15 more. 6 of the 167 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INFULA, LAYIN, LIPA, PALI, LUN and UNI. 2 of the 167 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF and FI.