Unscramble CHIMERID and you have 134 words, CHIMERID itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CHIMERID split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 15 with 6, 26 with 5, 45 with 4, 31 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Of the 26 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CHIMERID, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. CRIME, HIRED and CRIED are the ones most people know.
CHEM, MECH and MICH are the top 4-letter words from CHIMERID, 11 points each. RICH, HIRE and HIDE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CHIMERID but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CH · ending in ID · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CHIRMED (15 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CHIMERID 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIMERID itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 134) | 100 | 133 | 91 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHIMERID, MICHER, MIRCHI, DIRHEM, MIHIED, RICHED, CRIMED, ICHED, MICH, CIMIER, DICH, RHIME and 21 more, 33 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MERCH, CHEM, MECH, DEMIC, MEH, MERC, MIRID, CRED and MIC, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
This word takes every letter of CHIMERID plus a single extra one.