172 words come out when you unscramble PUFFINESS, starting with PUFFINESS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PUFFINESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 10 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 5-letter words from PUFFINESS, PUFFS and SPIFF tie for first at 13 points. ISSUE, SPIES and SPINE are everyday picks.
PUFF tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PUFFINESS at 12 points; next come EFFS and FIEF on 10. FINE, USES and PINE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PUFFINESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PU · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
PUFFINESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PUFFINESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUFFINESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 139 | 171 | 128 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPIFS, SPIF, FENIS, NIEFS, NIFES, UPSIES, FEIS, FENI, NEFS, NIEF, NIFE, PISES and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NIFFS, NUFFS, NIFF, NUFF, ENUF, FES, SEPS, FE, UNIS, SUS and UNI, 11 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.