84 words come out when you unscramble WISHFULLY, starting with WISHFULLY itself: 21 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. WISHFUL is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
W4I1S1H43F4U12L12L12Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from WISHFULLY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 24 with 5, 23 with 4, 18 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WISHFULLY are led by FISHY and HWYLS, 14 points each. FULLY, HILLS and SILLY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of WISHFULLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with WI · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
What WISHFULLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
WISHFULLY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WISHFULLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 84) | 66 | 83 | 63 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
17 of the 84 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FLUSHY, WHILLY, FULLISH, HULLY, LUSHY, SWY, FY, WULLS, HUIS, WULL, HUI, ISH and 5 more. 3 of the 84 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HWYLS, HWYL and FLUISH. 1 of the 84 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.