Unscramble TRANSFECTION and you have 462 words, TRANSFECTION itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. FORNICATES and INFECTANTS are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from TRANSFECTION by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 9 with 10, 54 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
TRANSECTION is the only one of the 11-letter words in TRANSFECTION; it scores 13 points.
The 10-letter words made with TRANSFECTION letters are led by FORNICATES and INFECTANTS, 15 points each. CONTAINERS and CONSTRAINT are the familiar ones.
12 of 54 9-letter words you get when you unscramble TRANSFECTION tie at 14 points; none scores more. CONTAINER, REACTIONS and CREATIONS will look familiar.
Of the 60 8-letter words from TRANSFECTION, 23 score 13 points, the group's best. FORECAST, FRACTION and FINANCES are the ones most people know.
29 of 60 7-letter words in TRANSFECTION tie at 12 points; none scores more. FINANCE, FACTORS and INFANTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with TRANSFECTION letters, 29 score 11 points, the group's best. FOREST, FACTOR and FORCES are the ones most people know.
20 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TRANSFECTION tie at 10 points; none scores more. AFTER, FORCE and FACTS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from TRANSFECTION, the top score is 9, reached by 12. FAST, FACT and FIRE are the familiar ones.
CAF tops the 3-letter words in TRANSFECTION at 8 points; next come AFT and ARF on 6. CAN, CAR and AIR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of TRANSFECTION for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with TR · ending in ON · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with CONFINERS, CRAFTIEST, FACTORIES, FACTORISE, FRACTIONS, INFECTORS and TRIFECTAS (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. TRANSFECTION 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRANSFECTION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 462) | 359 | 461 | 323 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
102 of the 462 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INFECTANTS, FATISCENT, CANTREFS, FACONNES, FORINSEC, INFORCES, CANTREF, CONFEST, FACONNE, FARCINS, FICTORS, FINNACS and 90 more. 36 of the 462 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FACTORISE, FOSCARNET, INFECTANT, FRANCISE, FRANCOS, FRICOTS, FRONTENIS, ACTIONERS, ENACTIONS, FERNINST, FINCAS, FRANCO and 24 more. 1 of the 462 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of TRANSFECTION spell the words below.