217 words come out when you unscramble CHOLEMIA, starting with CHOLEMIA itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 14: 4 of them, MICHAEL, LECHAIM and MALICHO included. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CHOLEMIA by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 11 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
12 of 53 5-letter words from CHOLEMIA tie at 12 points; none scores more. EMAIL, CLAIM and CAMEL will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CHOLEMIA, the top score is 11, reached by 6. HOME, EACH and COME are the familiar ones.
16 of 60 3-letter words made with CHOLEMIA letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. OIL, ICE and AIM will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CHOLEMIA for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CH · ending in IA · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MOCHILA (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CHOLEMIA 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOLEMIA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 217) | 179 | 215 | 150 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: CHOLEMIA, LECHAIM, MALICHO, MICHAEL, MOCHIE, CHIMO, MACHI, HOLMIA, LEHAIM, MICH, MOCH, ELCHI and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 29 of them: MOCHI, CHEM, MECH, CHOIL, CHOLA, CHOLI, HOLME, HOMIE, LOCHE, CHAI, HOMA, OCHE and 17 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: HEMI. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: HAOLE.
These 4 words take every letter of CHOLEMIA plus a single extra one.