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Anagrams of FLIES

FLIES has 5 letters and one anagram that use every letter: FILES. Its letters also make 27 shorter words, listed below by length with their points.

FLIES (form of FLY): two-winged insects characterized by active flight (WordNet 3.1, Princeton University)

Full anagrams of FLIES (1)

Every word below uses all 5 letters of FLIES (F L I E S), each exactly once.

  • FILES8
FILES
form of FILE: a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together

4-letter words from the letters of FLIES (9)

  • FILE7
  • FILS7
  • ISLE4
  • LEIS4
  • LIEF7
  • LIES4
  • LIFE7
  • SEIF7
  • SELF7

3-letter words from the letters of FLIES (11)

  • EFS6
  • ELF6
  • ELS3
  • FIE6
  • FIL6
  • IFS6
  • LEI3
  • LIE3
  • LIS3
  • SEI3
  • SEL3

2-letter words from the letters of FLIES (7)

  • EF5
  • EL2
  • ES2
  • IF5
  • IS2
  • LI2
  • SI2

What the words from FLIES mean

FILE
record in a public office or in a court of law
ISLE
a small island
LIFE
a characteristic state or mode of living
LIE
be located or situated somewhere
LIES
form of LIE: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
SELF
your consciousness of your own identity
ELF
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

Short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).

FLIES in numbers

Letters
5 (2 vowels, 5 different)
Full anagrams
1
Words from its letters
27
Longest shorter word
FILE, FILS and ISLE (4 letters)
Best score
FILES, 8 points
FLIES itself
8 points before bonus squares

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Anagrams come from the ENABLE public-domain word list that Wordtide's English board uses, with offensive words removed. Meanings are short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University). Numbers next to a word are its points from our own letter values.

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What is an anagram of FLIES?

FILES: the only other word using exactly the letters F L I E S, each once.

How many words can you make from the letters of FLIES?

28 words of two letters or more (1 using all 5 letters), each letter used at most once, from Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words).

What is the highest-scoring word from FLIES?

FILES, worth 8 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares.

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