Unscramble RATFISHES and you have 314 words, RATFISHES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 14, among them STARFISH, SHIFTERS and FAITHERS. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from RATFISHES split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 40 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
12 of 40 7-letter words in RATFISHES tie at 13 points; none scores more. FATHERS, FISHERS and SHIFTER will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words from RATFISHES, the top score is 12, reached by 17. FATHER, FASTER and SHARES are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RATFISHES tie at 11 points; none scores more. FIRST, AFTER and EARTH will look familiar.
60 4-letter words from RATFISHES; 6 of them share the top score of 10. FAST, FIRE and HAIR are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words in RATFISHES are led by FAH and FEH, 9 points each. ARE, HAS and ART are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of RATFISHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
RATFISHES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RATFISHES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RATFISHES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 314) | 251 | 312 | 234 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
61 of the 314 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FAITHERS, SHAFTERS, FAITHER, FASTISH, SHAFTER, SHERIATS, ARISHES, FASTERS, FASTIES, HAIRSTS, RASHIES, SAITHES and 49 more. 18 of the 314 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FAHS, FAH, FESTAS, FRITES, IFTARS, SHARTS, FESTA, FESTS, AHIS, ARTSIES, FEST, AHI and 6 more. 1 of the 314 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: HAFIS. 1 of the 314 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
These 3 words take every letter of RATFISHES plus a single extra one.