Unscramble PARAFFINY and you have 125 words, PARAFFINY itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. PARAFFIN is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34A1R1A1F4F4I1N12Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PARAFFINY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 12 with 6, 10 with 5, 43 with 4, 43 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with PARAFFINY letters: PARAFFIN, for 16 points.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PARAFFINY, AFFY, IFFY and YAFF tie for first at 13 points. FAIR, PAIN and RAIN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PARAFFINY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in NY · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PARAFFIN (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PARAFFINY is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARAFFINY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 125) | 104 | 124 | 97 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 20 of them: PARAFFINY, AFFRAP, NYAFF, AFFY, PANARY, YARFA, APAY, FAP, FY, FAAN, YAAR, ARPA and 8 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: NIFFY, NAFF, NIFF, PRANA, NAPA, PAAN and RAI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.