Unscramble TRIFFEST and you have 181 words, TRIFFEST itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, STIFFER and RESTIFF lead with 13 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Words from TRIFFEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 19 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 35 with 3 and 14 with 2.
FIFERS scores highest among the 6-letter words in TRIFFEST at 12 points, ahead of FITTER and FITTES on 9. TETRIS, SITTER and STRIFE are the ones most people know.
Among 48 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TRIFFEST, the top score is 11, reached by 8. FIRST, TRIES and TIRES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from TRIFFEST, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. SITE, TEST and FIRE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of TRIFFEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with TR · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by STIFFER (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts TRIFFEST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRIFFEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 181) | 135 | 179 | 124 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
44 of the 181 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TRIFFEST, RESTIFF, TRIFF, FITTES, FREITS, STRIFT, FETTS, FIERS, FIEST, FITTE, FITTS, FREIT and 32 more. 11 of the 181 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FRITES, FEST, FES, TETRIS, FE, RESIT, TETRI, TRES, EST, TES and TE. 2 of the 181 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI and ITER.
This word takes every letter of TRIFFEST plus a single extra one.