Unscramble ALMANACKS to get 151 words. ALMANACKS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
A1L12M34A1N12A1C34K5S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ALMANACKS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 37 with 5, 54 with 4, 34 with 3 and 9 with 2.
MACKS and SMACK share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words from ALMANACKS. CANAL, SNACK and LACKS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from ALMANACKS, MACK leads with 12 points, then CALK and CASK on 10. LACK, SCAN and MASK are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ALMANACKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AL · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of ALMANACKS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ALMANACKS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALMANACKS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 151) | 105 | 151 | 95 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KAAMAS, MANCALAS, KAAMA, KAMAS, MANCALA, SMAAK, CAMANS, KAMA, MAKS, CAMAN, KAM, LAKSA and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ALMANACKS, ALMANACK, ACK, MASALA, CALS, MASA, CAL, NALAS, NALA and SAN, 10 in all.