Unscramble MACHINEGUN and you have 284 words, MACHINEGUN itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is MUNCHING, 16 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
M34A1C34H43I1N12E1G23U12N12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MACHINEGUN by length: 1 with 10 letters, 7 with 8, 14 with 7, 53 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 9 letters.
ECHIUM, HAEMIC and MANCHE are the top 6-letter words from MACHINEGUN, 13 points each. CHANGE, CINEMA and NAMING will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MACHINEGUN; 7 of them share the top score of 12. IMAGE, HUMAN and CHINA are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MACHINEGUN, the top score is 11, reached by 7. EACH, MUCH and GAME are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 3-letter words from MACHINEGUN tie at 8 points; none scores more. CAN, MAN and MEN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of MACHINEGUN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with MA · ending in UN · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MUNCHING (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: MACHINEGUN is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACHINEGUN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 284) | 217 | 282 | 194 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
65 of the 284 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MACHINEGUN, ACHENIUM, CHINAMEN, UNACHING, CHAUNGE, ECHIUM, CAUMING, HAMING, MACHI, MUCIGEN, GANCH, HEMINA and 53 more. 24 of the 284 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MUNCHIE, GAUNCH, CHEM, CHING, GAUCH, GINCH, MECH, NUMNAH, GACH, AHING, CHAI, AUGH and 12 more. 1 of the 284 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI. 1 of the 284 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCE.
With one more tile, the letters of MACHINEGUN spell the words below.