Unscramble RAFFINATE and you have 231 words, RAFFINATE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FANFARE, AFFAIRE and AFFIANT lead with 13 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from RAFFINATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 24 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 24 6-letter words made with RAFFINATE letters, the top score is 12, reached by 11. RETAIN, TARIFF and AFFAIR are the familiar ones.
FIFER and TRIFF are the top 5-letter words from RAFFINATE, 11 points each. AFTER, TRAIN and INTER will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RAFFINATE, 8 score 10 points, the group's best. AREA, FIRE and FINE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with RAFFINATE letters, AFF, EFF and IFF tie for first at 9 points. ARE, ART and AIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of RAFFINATE but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by AFFAIRE, AFFIANT and FANFARE (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RAFFINATE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAFFINATE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 177 | 229 | 164 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AFFEAR, AFFRET, FARFET, INFEFT, TRIFF, FENITAR, NAIFER, TREIFA, AFEAR, FAINE, FEART, FIENT and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RAFFINATE, NAFFER, NAFF, NIFF, ANTIFA, FANART, IFTAR, TREFA, FE, RAITA, ARIE, RAI and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI and ITER, 2 in all.
This word takes every letter of RAFFINATE plus a single extra one.