Unscramble WELFARIST and you have 305 words, WELFARIST itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 14, among them FEWTRILS, FLATWISE and FLAWIEST. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from WELFARIST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 29 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
Of the 29 7-letter words in WELFARIST, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. FILTERS, REALIST and RETAILS are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble WELFARIST; 4 of them share the top score of 12. FILTER, FASTER and FIESTA are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from WELFARIST, the top score is 11, reached by 12. FIRST, AFTER and FILES are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WELFARIST tie at 10 points; none scores more. FILE, LEFT and FAST will look familiar.
FAW and FEW share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words from WELFARIST. ARE, WAS and LAW are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of WELFARIST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with WE · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FEWTRILS, FLATWISE and FLAWIEST (14 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WELFARIST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELFARIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 305) | 251 | 302 | 236 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WASTRIFE, FETWAS, WAIFTS, FETWA, FLARIEST, SWERF, WAIFT, FAWS, FEWS, SWALIER, WALTIER, FASTIE and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SEALIFT, WALIEST, FERALS, FRITES, IFTARS, SWILER, FESTA, FLIRS, FEST, FLIR, FES, EW and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI, 3 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of WELFARIST and one more.