260 words come out when you unscramble REFRINGENCY, starting with REFRINGENCY itself: 20 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FERRYING, REFENCING and REFRYING lead with 15 points. 11 letters: 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from REFRINGENCY split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 7 with 8, 24 with 7, 42 with 6, 60 with 5, 58 with 4, 53 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 10 letters.
REFENCING is the only one of the 9-letter words made with REFRINGENCY letters; it scores 15 points.
24 7-letter words you get when you unscramble REFRINGENCY; 4 of them share the top score of 13. GENERIC, FENCING and FREEING are everyday picks.
FEYING, FRINGY and FRYING share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words from REFRINGENCY. ENERGY, ENGINE and FINGER are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from REFRINGENCY, the top score is 11, reached by 13. GREEN, REFER and GENRE are the familiar ones.
FYCE tops the 4-letter words in REFRINGENCY at 12 points; next come RYFE on 10 and FICE on 9. FREE, FIRE and FINE will look familiar.
FEY and FRY share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words made with REFRINGENCY letters. INN, EYE and FEE are the ones most people know.
These 2 words have the length of REFRINGENCY, with one letter different:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FERRYING, REFENCING and REFRYING (15 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts REFRINGENCY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REFRINGENCY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 260) | 180 | 259 | 165 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: REFRINGENCY, FEYING, EGENCY, REFRINGE, RENEYING, FEERING, FERNING, GINNERY, GRIEFER, GRYCE, RENYING, YFERE and 67 more, 79 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CRINGEY, CRINGY, CRYER, FENING, FENNIER, GYNIE, FIREE, GIF, CIG, REGIE, YER, FE and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.