Unscramble ZIFFS and you have 10 words, ZIFFS itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 5 letters: 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
Z10I1F4F4S1
Counting the words from ZIFFS by length: 1 with 5 letters, 1 with 4, 4 with 3 and 4 with 2.
ZIFF is the only one of the 4-letter words in ZIFFS; it scores 19 points.
Keep every letter of ZIFFS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with ZI · ending in FS · all 5-letter words
The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FIZ (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ZIFFS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZIFFS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 10) | 6 | 9 | 6 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
3 of the 10 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ZIFFS, ZIFF and SIF. 1 of the 10 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.