Unscramble SULFIDES and you have 188 words, SULFIDES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SULFIDE, FISSLED and SULFIDS lead with 11 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SULFIDES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 14 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 14 with 2.
11 of 52 5-letter words from SULFIDES tie at 9 points; none scores more. FIELD, ISSUE and FILES will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SULFIDES; 9 of them share the top score of 8. USED, LIFE and FILE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SULFIDES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SU · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
SULFIDES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SULFIDES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SULFIDES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 155 | 187 | 143 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
32 of the 188 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FISSLED, FIDES, FISSLE, DEIF, LIEFS, LIFES, ELFS, FEIS, DIELS, DULES, EILDS, SIELD and 20 more. 12 of the 188 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DIFS, DEF, DIF, DESIS, FES, SUSED, DESI, FE, LUDS, EDS, LUD and SUS. 1 of the 188 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
These 3 words take every letter of SULFIDES plus a single extra one.