153 words come out when you unscramble LINKSMEN, starting with LINKSMEN itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. KINSMEN and LINKMEN are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12I1N12K5S1M34E1N12
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from LINKSMEN by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 12 with 6, 36 with 5, 53 with 4, 36 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Of the 36 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LINKSMEN, 9 score 11 points, the group's best. LINKS, MILES and LINES are the ones most people know.
Among 53 4-letter words from LINKSMEN, the top score is 10, reached by 4. LIKE, LINE and LINK are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LINKSMEN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LI · ending in EN · all 8-letter words
What LINKSMEN means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LINKSMEN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINKSMEN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 153) | 124 | 153 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MELIKS, MILKEN, MISKEN, ENLINKS, MELIK, SKLIM, SMEIK, ENLINK, EIKS, LISK, NEKS, SEIK and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KIS, KI and MES, 3 in all.