There are 159 words hidden in the letters of AFFECTING, from 16 two-letter words up to AFFECTING (9 letters). For points, AFFECTING is best at 18.
No other single word uses all 9 letters of AFFECTING. AFFECTING has 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants, worth 18 points before any board bonuses.
9-letter words 1
8-letter words 2
effacing17faceting14
7-letter words 1
caffein15
6-letter words 14
5-letter words 19
acing8actin7agent6antic7enact7entia5facet10fagin9faint8fecit10feign9feint8gaffe12ganef9genic8giant6tenia5tinea5tinge6
4-letter words 56
acne6agin5ante4anti4cafe9caff12cage7cain6cane6cant6cate6cent6cine6cite6etic6etna4face9fact9fain7fane7fang8fate7feat7feta7fiat7fice9fief10fife10fine7gaen5gaff11gain5gait5gane5gate5gean5gent5geta5gien5gift8gite5gnat5naff10naif7neat4neif7nice6niff10nite4tace6tain4tang5teff10tiff10tine4ting5
3-letter words 50
ace5act5aff9aft6age4ain3ait3ane3ani3ant3ate3can5cat5cig6eat3eff9eft6eng4eta3fan6fat6fen6fet6fie6fig7fin6fit6gae4gan4gat4gen4get4gie4gin4git4ice5iff9nae3nag4net3nit3tae3tag4tan3tea3teg4ten3tic5tie3tin3
2-letter words 16
ae2ag3ai2an2at2ef5en2et2fa5if5in2it2na2ne2ta2ti2
Words are from our open word list and include some game-only words. Rude words are left out of this page; the unscrambler shows every valid word, lets you add blank tiles and filter by length.