Unscramble RAFFLESIA and you have 251 words, RAFFLESIA itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, AFFAIRES leads with 14 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from RAFFLESIA by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 11 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
AFFAIRES is the only one of the 8-letter words made with RAFFLESIA letters; it scores 14 points.
10 of 38 6-letter words from RAFFLESIA tie at 12 points; none scores more. SERIAL, SAFARI and AERIAL will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RAFFLESIA, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. FILES, AREAS and FALSE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from RAFFLESIA, the top score is 10, reached by 5. LIFE, AREA and FILE are the familiar ones.
AFF, EFF and IFF are the top 3-letter words in RAFFLESIA, 9 points each. ARE, AIR and FAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of RAFFLESIA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RA · ending in IA · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by AFFAIRES (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. RAFFLESIA is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAFFLESIA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 251) | 208 | 247 | 199 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AFFEARS, AFFEAR, AFFIES, SIFFLE, RAFALES, AFEARS, FLASER, RAFALE, AFEAR, FARSE, FEALS, FIERS and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FERALS, FLIRS, FLIR, FES, LAARIS, FE, ARIE and RAI, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI, 3 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: REALIAS.
This word takes every letter of RAFFLESIA plus a single extra one.