Unscramble PARAFFINE and you have 189 words, PARAFFINE itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PARAFFIN leads with 16 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PARAFFINE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 18 with 6, 29 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 20 with 2.
PARAFFIN is the only one of the 8-letter words in PARAFFINE; it scores 16 points.
FIFER tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PARAFFINE at 11 points; next come FRAPE and PREIF on 10. ARENA, FINER and INFRA will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with PARAFFINE letters, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. AREA, FIRE and FINE are the ones most people know.
AFF, EFF and IFF are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PARAFFINE, 9 points each. ARE, AIR and FAR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PARAFFINE for another and you can spell these 5 words:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PARAFFIN (16 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PARAFFINE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARAFFINE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 152 | 188 | 139 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
36 of the 189 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AFFRAP, AFFEAR, PERFIN, FRAPE, PREIF, PRIEF, NAIFER, AFEAR, FAINE, FAP, FAAN, FENI and 24 more. 13 of the 189 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PARAFFINE, NAFFER, NAFF, NIFF, AREPA, PARAE, PAREN, PRANA, NAPA, PAAN, FE, ARIE and 1 more. 1 of the 189 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
These 2 words take every letter of PARAFFINE plus a single extra one.