266 words come out when you unscramble WORMFLIES, starting with WORMFLIES itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 13 points, FLOWERS, FOWLERS and REFLOWS among them. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from WORMFLIES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 48 6-letter words in WORMFLIES, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. FLOWER, SLOWER and RIFLES are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from WORMFLIES; 7 of them share the top score of 11. FILES, LOWER and FORMS are everyday picks.
9 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WORMFLIES tie at 10 points; none scores more. LIFE, FILE and FORM will look familiar.
FEW and WOF share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words from WORMFLIES. LOW, ROW and RIM are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of WORMFLIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with WO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FLOWERS, FOWLERS, REFLOWS and WOLFERS (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: WORMFLIES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WORMFLIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 266) | 200 | 263 | 185 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WORMFLIES, FROWIE, ROWMES, SWERF, FERMS, FEWS, FLIMS, FOMES, LOWRIES, ROWME, SOWF, WOFS and 51 more, 63 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MILFS, MILF, OWLIER, SWILER, SWOLER, FLIRS, OWIES, FLIR, OWIE, FES, EMO, EW and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMFS and EMF, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.