Unscramble EMMESHES and you have 55 words, EMMESHES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from EMMESHES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 7 with 5, 18 with 4, 13 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of EMMESHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EM · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MESEEMS, MESHES and SEMEMES (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts EMMESHES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMMESHES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 55) | 43 | 55 | 36 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
12 of the 55 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMMESHES, EMMESH, SEMSEM, MESES, SMEES, EHS, MEES, MESE, SMEE, MEE, SESE and EE. 7 of the 55 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MEMES, MEH, MEME, SEMEE, SESH, MES and ESSE.