Unscramble QUALIFIES and you have 153 words, QUALIFIES itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. FIQUES is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from QUALIFIES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 13 with 6, 27 with 5, 49 with 4, 42 with 3 and 18 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with QUALIFIES letters: SILIQUAE, 17 points.
FIQUE tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble QUALIFIES at 17 points; next come EQUAL and QUAIL on 14. FILES, FALSE and FAILS will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words made with QUALIFIES letters is QUAI, 13 points; ALEF and ALFS on 7 follow. LIFE, FILE and SALE are everyday picks.
QIS, QUA and SUQ share the top score of 12 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble QUALIFIES. USE, SEA and LIE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of QUALIFIES but one, change that one, and you get:
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The meaning of QUALIFIES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
QUALIFIES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUALIFIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 153) | 119 | 150 | 114 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
31 of the 153 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EQUALI, LASQUE, SAIQUE, SQUAIL, FILIUS, FEALS, LAUFS, LIEFS, LIFES, AUFS, ELFS, FEIS and 19 more. 5 of the 153 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: QIS, QI, FES, FE and LIAS. 3 of the 153 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI.
This word takes every letter of QUALIFIES plus a single extra one.