165 words come out when you unscramble REFECTORY, starting with REFECTORY itself: 17 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. FERETORY is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
R1E1F4E1C34T1O1R1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from REFECTORY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 6 with 6, 37 with 5, 54 with 4, 46 with 3 and 15 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in REFECTORY: FERETORY, 14 points.
37 5-letter words from REFECTORY; 10 of them share the top score of 11. FORCE, REFER and FERRY are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from REFECTORY, FYCE leads with 12 points, then RYFE on 10 and COFT on 9. FREE, TREE and FEET are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words in REFECTORY, FEY, FOY and FRY tie for first at 9 points. YET, TRY and EYE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of REFECTORY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FERETORY (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
REFECTORY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REFECTORY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 134 | 165 | 125 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
31 of the 165 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FREETY, FRORY, YFERE, CERTY, COREY, RYFE, CYTE, FERER, FREET, FY, RORTY, TERFE and 19 more. 9 of the 165 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TREYF, CRYER, YEET, CERT, YER, ECO, FE, TEC and TE.