Unscramble EXTREMALS and you have 292 words, EXTREMALS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is EXTREMAL, 17 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from EXTREMALS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 26 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among the 7-letter words in EXTREMALS, EXTREMA and TAXEMES tie for first at 16 points. RELATES and STEAMER are everyday picks.
TAXEME tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTREMALS at 15 points; next come EXALTS and EXEATS on 13. MASTER, STREAM and ALERTS will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from EXTREMALS, EXAMS, MAXES and REMEX tie for first at 14 points. EXTRA, METAL and TAXES are everyday picks.
AMEX and EXAM share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTREMALS. SAME, TEAM and MEET are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words from EXTREMALS is MAX, 12 points; AXE and LAX on 10 follow. ARE, ART and TAX are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of EXTREMALS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EXTREMA and TAXEMES (16 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
EXTREMALS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTREMALS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 292) | 228 | 291 | 222 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXTREMALS, EXTREMAL, EXEATS, EXEAT, TEXES, SAXE, LAMETERS, TEX, LAMETER, MALTESE, MARTELS, MEALERS and 51 more, 63 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LAXES, SEXER, MES, ATS, EST and TE, 6 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: AMEX.