Unscramble STIFFWARES and you have 308 words, STIFFWARES itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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By length, the words from STIFFWARES split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 8 with 8, 32 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble STIFFWARES, WAFFIES leads with 16 points, then AFFRETS and FRETSAW on 13. TARIFFS and WAITERS are the familiar ones.
The best of the 6-letter words from STIFFWARES is WAFFIE, 15 points; AFFIES and AFFRET on 12 follow. FASTER, TARIFF and FIESTA are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words made with STIFFWARES letters, WAFFS leads with 14 points, then FETWA and FIEFS on 11. FIRST, AFTER and STAFF are the familiar ones.
WAFF tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble STIFFWARES at 13 points; next come EFFS and FAWS on 10. FAST, FIRE and SAFE will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words from STIFFWARES, the top score is 9, reached by 5. ARE, WAS and ART are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of STIFFWARES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with ST · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; WAFFIES (16 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
STIFFWARES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STIFFWARES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 308) | 238 | 307 | 224 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 69 of them: STIFFWARES, STIFFWARE, WASTRIFES, WASTRIFE, AFFRETS, RESTIFF, STRAFFS, AFFIES, AFFRET, FARFET, FETWAS, STRAFF and 57 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: FESTAS, FRITES, IFTARS, FESTA, FESTS, IFTAR, ARTSIES, FEST, FES, EW, FE, ATS and 2 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.