270 words come out when you unscramble MACHINERY, starting with MACHINERY itself: 19 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. CHIMNEY is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MACHINERY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 13 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in MACHINERY: CHAIRMEN, 15 points.
HYMNIC tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MACHINERY at 16 points; next come HYENIC on 14 and CHIMAR on 13. MARINE, REMAIN and CINEMA will look familiar.
CHYME scores highest among the 5-letter words from MACHINERY at 15 points, ahead of CHARY and HYMEN on 13. MARCH, CHINA and CHAIR are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MACHINERY, the top score is 12, reached by 4. EACH, MANY and CAME are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words from MACHINERY is MYC, 10 points; HAY and HEY on 9 follow. CAN, MAY and ANY are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of MACHINERY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CHIMNEY (17 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MACHINERY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACHINERY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 270) | 208 | 269 | 189 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HYACINE, ENCHARM, MICHER, HAYIER, MACHI, ARCHEI, CHENAR, CHINAR, ENARCH, ERIACH, HEMINA, MICH and 49 more, 61 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HYMNIC, MACHER, CHAINER, MERCH, CERIMAN, CHEM, INCHER, MECH, ARCHI, HIYA, MYC, NYAH and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
Each word below uses all the letters of MACHINERY and one more.