Unscramble TRANSFECTIONS to get 497 words. TRANSFECTIONS itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. It has 13 letters, 4 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from TRANSFECTIONS by length: 1 with 13 letters, 2 with 12, 4 with 11, 33 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
TRANSFECTION tops the 12-letter words in TRANSFECTIONS at 17 points; next comes TRANSECTIONS on 14.
Among the 11-letter words made with TRANSFECTIONS letters, FRANTICNESS leads with 16 points, then CONSTRAINTS and SANCTIONERS on 13.
7 of 33 10-letter words you get when you unscramble TRANSFECTIONS tie at 15 points; none scores more. CONSISTENT, CONTAINERS and CONSTRAINT will look familiar.
Of the 60 9-letter words from TRANSFECTIONS, 17 score 14 points, the group's best. CONTAINER, FORECASTS and CREATIONS are the ones most people know.
60 8-letter words from TRANSFECTIONS; 27 of them share the top score of 13. FORECAST, FRACTION and FINANCES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 7-letter words in TRANSFECTIONS, 34 score 12 points, the group's best. FINANCE, FITNESS and FACTORS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words made with TRANSFECTIONS letters, the top score is 11, reached by 32. FACTOR, FORCES and FASTER are the familiar ones.
21 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TRANSFECTIONS tie at 10 points; none scores more. AFTER, FORCE and FACTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from TRANSFECTIONS, 12 score 9 points, the group's best. FAST, FACT and FIRE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in TRANSFECTIONS, CAF leads with 8 points, then AFT and ARF on 6. CAN, CAR and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of TRANSFECTIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with TR · ending in NS · all 13-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FRANTICNESS (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TRANSFECTIONS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRANSFECTIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 497) | 391 | 495 | 351 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
105 of the 497 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONFESSANT, INFECTANTS, FATISCENT, CANTREFS, FACONNES, FACTISES, FORINSEC, INFORCES, SANCTIONERS, CANONISERS, CANTONISES, CANTREF and 93 more. 39 of the 497 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FACTORISES, FOSCARNETS, FACTORISE, FOSCARNET, FRANCISES, FRESCOIST, INFECTANT, FRANCISE, FRANCOS, FRICOTS, FRONTENIS, NARCOTISES and 27 more. 1 of the 497 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FASCITES. 1 of the 497 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.