Unscramble SAWFLIES to get 191 words. SAWFLIES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 4 of them, FLAWS, WIFES and WAIFS included. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SAWFLIES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 15 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among 51 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SAWFLIES, the top score is 11, reached by 4. SALES, FILES and FALSE are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words from SAWFLIES tie at 10 points; none scores more. LIFE, FILE and SALE will look familiar.
FAW and FEW share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words made with SAWFLIES letters. WAS, LAW and ASS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of SAWFLIES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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What SAWFLIES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SAWFLIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAWFLIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 191) | 148 | 188 | 137 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
40 of the 191 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FAWS, FEWS, FILASSE, WALISES, FALSES, FAW, FISSLE, SWEALS, WALISE, ALEWS, FEALS, LIEFS and 28 more. 11 of the 191 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SWILES, SWILE, WALIE, WALIS, WALI, FES, LIASES, EW, FE, LASSI and LIAS. 3 of the 191 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI.
This word takes every letter of SAWFLIES plus a single extra one.