Unscramble WASTERFUL to get 289 words. WASTERFUL itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, WASTEFUL and WAFTURES lead with 14 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
W4A1S1T1E1R1F4U12L12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from WASTERFUL split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 21 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
The 7-letter words in WASTERFUL are led by FRETSAW, WAFTERS and WAFTURE, 13 points each. REFUSAL and SULFATE are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 6-letter words from WASTERFUL tie at 12 points; none scores more. RESULT, FASTER and ALERTS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WASTERFUL, the top score is 11, reached by 9. AFTER, FALSE and FAULT are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words from WASTERFUL; 6 of them share the top score of 10. LEFT, SELF and FAST are everyday picks.
FAW and FEW share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words in WASTERFUL. ARE, WAS and LAW are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of WASTERFUL, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with WA · ending in UL · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; WAFTURES and WASTEFUL (14 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts WASTERFUL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASTERFUL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 223 | 287 | 213 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
64 of the 289 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WASTERFUL, FETWAS, FETWA, SWERF, FAUREST, FAWS, FEWS, FLUATES, TULWARS, FAW, FLASER, FLEURS and 52 more. 10 of the 289 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FERALS, FUTSAL, FESTA, FEST, FES, EW, FE, ATS, EST and TE. 2 of the 289 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS and ALF.
With one more tile, the letters of WASTERFUL spell the words below.