Hidden inside setfoil sit filets, filose, fliest and 4 others, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 141 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
filets, filose, fliest and 3 others tie for the highest Scrabble score from setfoil at 9 points. The top 10 of 141 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 26 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in setfoil. If a familiar word is all you need, start with files, flies and lefts. For points, 14 words tie at 8 points, including files, flies and lefts.
Rearranging the letters in setfoil produces 52 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with felt, file and fist. For points, 22 words tie at 7 points, including felt, file and fist.
Unscrambling setfoil turns up 36 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with elf, fit and its. For points, 11 words tie at 6 points, including elf, fit and efs.
There are 19 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in setfoil. If a familiar word is all you need, start with if, is and it. For points, the strongest plays are ef, fe, if, and of — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
7 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in setfoil plus one additional letter.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are filets, filose, fliest, flites, itself, softie, and stifle, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from setfoil earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in setfoil produce 141 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 8 six-letter words, 26 five-letter words, 52 four-letter words, 36 three-letter words and 19 two-letter words.