Unscramble SOFTWARES to get 290 words. SOFTWARES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 15 points: FORWASTES. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Counting the words from SOFTWARES by length: 2 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 19 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
7 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SOFTWARES tie at 12 points; none scores more. FOREST, FASTER and WATERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SOFTWARES, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. AFTER, FEARS and FROST are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in SOFTWARES; 7 of them share the top score of 10. FAST, SAFE and SOFT are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with SOFTWARES letters are led by FAW, FEW and WOF, 9 points each. ARE, WAS and TWO are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SOFTWARES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
SOFTWARES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SOFTWARES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOFTWARES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 230 | 290 | 214 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
60 of the 290 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FORWASTES, FORWASTE, FETWAS, SWERFS, FETWA, SOWFS, SWERF, FASTERS, FAWS, FEWS, SOWF, SOWTERS and 48 more. 16 of the 290 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FESTAS, AFROS, FESTA, FESTS, AFRO, FEST, OSETRAS, OSSETRA, OWTS, FES, OWT, EW and 4 more.
With one more tile, the letters of SOFTWARES spell the words below.