Unscramble WINDIEST and you have 199 words, WINDIEST itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from WINDIEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 19 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Of the 54 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WINDIEST, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. WINDS, WINES and TWINS are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 4-letter words from WINDIEST tie at 8 points; none scores more. NEWS, SEND and WEST will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble WINDIEST, DEW and WED tie for first at 7 points. NEW, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of WINDIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with WI · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
WINDIEST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. WINDIEST is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINDIEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 199) | 161 | 199 | 151 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 38 of them: INDEWS, INDEW, INWITS, WEIDS, INWIT, SEWIN, WEID, WENTS, EWTS, DENIS, EWT, IWI and 26 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: IDENTS, IDENT, DENI, DESI, EW, TEINS, EDS, EST, TES and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of WINDIEST spell the words below.