Unscramble PERFUSING and you have 291 words, PERFUSING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PERFUSING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 22 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among the 7-letter words in PERFUSING, PERFING leads with 13 points, then PERFINS on 12 and FIGURES on 11. FINGERS, SURFING and FRINGES are the familiar ones.
PERFIN, PREIFS and PRIEFS share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PERFUSING. FIGURE, SPRING and FINGER are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from PERFUSING, PREIF and PRIEF tie for first at 10 points. FIRES, PURSE and GRIEF are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from PERFUSING are led by PFUI and SPIF, 9 points each. FIRE, FINE and PINE are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words in PERFUSING; 4 of them share the top score of 7. FUN, UPS and PIN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PERFUSING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What PERFUSING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PERFUSING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERFUSING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 291) | 217 | 290 | 203 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PERFINGS, PERFING, PERFINS, PERFIN, PERSUING, PREIFS, PRIEFS, FUGIES, GRUFES, PERSING, PREIF, PRIEF and 61 more, 73 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FRIGES, GUINEPS, GUINEP, URPING, GIFS, ENUF, GIF, RUEING, FES, FE, URP, GIS and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.