Unscramble THRIFTILY and you have 56 words, THRIFTILY itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. THRIFTY and LITHIFY are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
T1H43R1I1F4T1I1L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from THRIFTILY split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 4 with 6, 11 with 5, 16 with 4, 14 with 3 and 7 with 2. None has 8 letters.
These 2 words have the length of THRIFTILY, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with TH · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
THRIFTILY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept THRIFTILY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| THRIFTILY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 56) | 46 | 55 | 44 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
9 of the 56 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RIFTY, RHY, FLITT, FY, FITT, LITH, TIFT, RITT and RIT. 2 of the 56 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TRILITH and FLIR. 1 of the 56 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.