Unscramble WELFARES to get 216 words. WELFARES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from WELFARES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 22 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words made with WELFARES letters, REFLEW and WAFERS tie for first at 12 points. RESALE, FLARES and WEASEL are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WELFARES, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. FALSE, FEELS and FEWER are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 4-letter words from WELFARES tie at 10 points; none scores more. FREE, WERE and SELF will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in WELFARES, FAW and FEW tie for first at 9 points. ARE, WAS and SEE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of WELFARES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with WE · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The meaning of WELFARES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WELFARES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELFARES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 170 | 214 | 162 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SWERF, FAWS, FEWS, FAW, FEARES, FLASER, ALEWS, AWEEL, FARSE, FEALS, FEARE, FEERS and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LEAFERS, FERALS, LEAFER, EEW, FES, EASER, EW and FE, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS and ALF, 2 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of WELFARES and one more.