Unscramble STYROFOAMS to get 256 words. STYROFOAMS itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, STYROFOAM leads with 17 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from STYROFOAMS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 8 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with STYROFOAMS letters: STYROFOAM, 17 points.
Of the 44 6-letter words from STYROFOAMS, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. FORMAT, MOTORS and STORMS are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STYROFOAMS, FOAMY leads with 13 points, then FOOTY and FORAY on 11. STORY, FORMS and MAYOR are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words made with STYROFOAMS letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. FORM, SAYS and FAST will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble STYROFOAMS, FAY, FOY and FRY tie for first at 9 points. MAY, ART and SAY are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of STYROFOAMS but one, change that one, and you get:
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STYROFOAMS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
STYROFOAMS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STYROFOAMS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 198 | 254 | 179 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
56 of the 256 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FORSAYS, FARMOST, FORSAY, SAMFOOS, MOTORY, ROOFY, SAMFOO, SYMARS, FOOTRAS, MASTY, MOYAS, OOFY and 44 more. 21 of the 256 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: STYROFOAMS, STYROFOAM, TRAYF, YOOFS, MOFOS, YOOF, FAMS, MOFO, ROOTSY, AFROS, FAM, AFRO and 9 more. 2 of the 256 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: OFAYS and OFAY.