219 words come out when you unscramble LODESMEN, starting with LODESMEN itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for meneldos or demelson? They use the same letters as LODESMEN, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LODESMEN by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 18 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 19 with 2.
19 of 60 5-letter words from LODESMEN tie at 8 points; none scores more. MODEL, NEEDS and MODES will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LODESMEN, the top score is 7, reached by 12. SOME, NEED and DOES are the familiar ones.
DOM, MED and MOD share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words made with LODESMEN letters. ONE, SEE and END are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LODESMEN but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DOLMENS (10 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LODESMEN 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LODESMEN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 219) | 170 | 219 | 162 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 49 of them: LODESMEN, LEMONED, MEDLES, LEMED, LOMED, MEDLE, MENED, MOLED, MOSED, ELMEN, LEMES, LOMES and 37 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: MEDS, EMOS, LEDES, EMO, LEDE, MES, SOM and EDS.
These 3 words take every letter of LODESMEN plus a single extra one.