Unscramble SUFFICIENT and you have 257 words, SUFFICIENT itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SUFFICIENT by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 20 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 7-letter words in SUFFICIENT, CUFFINS, SUFFECT and SUFFICE tie for first at 15 points. CUISINE and FIFTIES are everyday picks.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SUFFICIENT, CUFFIN leads with 14 points, then INFEFT and TIFFIN on 12. CITIES, FINEST and FINITE are the familiar ones.
CUFFS and SCUFF share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words from SUFFICIENT. STUFF, CENTS and STIFF are the ones most people know.
CUFF tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SUFFICIENT at 12 points; next come EFFS and FIEF on 10. FINE, NICE and CENT will look familiar.
The 3-letter words from SUFFICIENT are led by EFF and IFF, 9 points each. USE, ITS and SET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SUFFICIENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SU · ending in NT · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SUFFICE (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SUFFICIENT is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUFFICIENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 202 | 256 | 179 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
52 of the 257 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CUFFINS, SUFFECT, CUFFIN, INFEFTS, INFEFT, TUFFES, FIFIS, TUFFE, FECIT, FIFI, SCUFT, FIENTS and 40 more. 25 of the 257 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NIFFIEST, FUNFEST, STIFFIE, STUFFIE, NIFFS, NUFFS, NIFF, NUFF, NEUSTIC, CUEIST, CUNITS, CENTU and 13 more. 2 of the 257 answers are missing from Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT. 1 of the 257 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
This word takes every letter of SUFFICIENT plus a single extra one.