Unscramble SATISFIES to get 160 words. SATISFIES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are FIESTAS, FASTIES and FISSATE, 10 points each. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Counting the words from SATISFIES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 15 with 6, 32 with 5, 48 with 4, 40 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
15 of 32 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SATISFIES tie at 8 points; none scores more. SITES, ASSET and SEATS will look familiar.
Of the 48 4-letter words from SATISFIES, 18 score 7 points, the group's best. SITE, EAST and FAST are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SATISFIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
SATISFIES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SATISFIES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SATISFIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 160) | 127 | 159 | 114 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FASTIES, FASTIE, FASTI, FIEST, FEIS, SAFT, TEFS, FAE, SIF, SISTAS, TEF, SAIST and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FESTAS, FESTA, FESTS, FEST, FES, FE, TASES, ESTS, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
These 3 words take every letter of SATISFIES plus a single extra one.