Unscramble STRIFES and you have 160 words, STRIFES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of STRIFES are on the page: RESIFTS and SIFTERS, each 10 points. The best shorter words score 9: 12 of them, STRIFE, FIRSTS and SIFTER included. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of STRIFES in one turn: 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50), 45 in Words With Friends (10 + 35).
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Counting the words from STRIFES by length: 3 with 7 letters, 17 with 6, 39 with 5, 54 with 4, 33 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Of the 39 5-letter words from STRIFES, 24 score 8 points, the group's best. FIRST, SITES and TRIES are the ones most people know.
54 4-letter words you get when you unscramble STRIFES; 26 of them share the top score of 7. SITE, FIRE and REST are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of STRIFES, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with ST · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
STRIFES 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 STRIFES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRIFES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 160) | 126 | 158 | 114 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 32 of them: FREITS, FRISTS, FIERS, FIEST, FREIT, FRIST, REFIS, RIFTE, TERFS, TREIF, FEIS, FIER and 20 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: FRITES, FESTS, FEST, FES, RESITS, FE, RESIT, ESTS, TRES, EST, TES and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: FI and ITER.
These 11 words take every letter of STRIFES plus a single extra one.