Unscramble STAFFAGE to get 116 words. STAFFAGE itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from STAFFAGE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 6, 15 with 5, 44 with 4, 40 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 7 letters.
GAFF tops the 4-letter words from STAFFAGE at 11 points; next come EFFS and TEFF on 10. EAST, FAST and SAFE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of STAFFAGE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with ST · ending in GE · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GAFFES (13 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: STAFFAGE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAFFAGE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 116) | 99 | 116 | 89 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STAFFAGE, FEGS, FAAS, FEG, SAFT, TEFS, AGAST, FAA, FAE, GEATS, TEF, GEAT and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FESTA, FEST, FES, FE, AGS, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 10 in all.
This word takes every letter of STAFFAGE plus a single extra one.