Unscramble TAILFLIES and you have 248 words, TAILFLIES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FETIALIS and FILIATES lead with 11 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from TAILFLIES split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 12 with 7, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Of the 29 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TAILFLIES, 16 score 9 points, the group's best. ALLIES, FIESTA and LILIES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from TAILFLIES, the top score is 8, reached by 35. FILES, LEAST and FALSE are the familiar ones.
38 of 60 4-letter words in TAILFLIES tie at 7 points; none scores more. LAST, LIFE and FILE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with TAILFLIES letters, 15 score 6 points, the group's best. ALL, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of TAILFLIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FETIALIS and FILIATES (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: TAILFLIES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAILFLIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 248) | 212 | 247 | 205 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); *the Words With Friends list changes.
35 of the 248 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TAILFLIES, FASTIE, ALEFT, FASTI, FEALS, FIEST, LIEFS, LIFES, TAILLIES, ELFS, FEIS, SAFT and 23 more. 8 of the 248 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SEALIFT, FESTA, FES, LITES, ATS, EST, TES and TE. 1 of the 248 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: FI.