Unscramble MAELIDS to get 227 words. MAELIDS itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. MAELIDS has 3 anagrams here, MEDIALS, MISDEAL and MISLEAD, scoring 10 like MAELIDS itself. 13 shorter words score 9, among them MAILED, SMILED and MEDALS. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. MAELIDS as a single 7-tile play makes 60 in Scrabble, 10 plus the 50 bonus, and 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MAELIDS by length: 4 with 7 letters, 24 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 22 with 2.
13 of 24 6-letter words in MAELIDS tie at 9 points; none scores more. LADIES, EMAILS and MAILED will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MAELIDS; 16 of them share the top score of 8. EMAIL, MEDIA and MILES are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from MAELIDS, the top score is 7, reached by 14. MAIL, MADE and SAME are the familiar ones.
5 of 57 3-letter words from MAELIDS tie at 6 points; none scores more. SEA, ADS and AID will look familiar.
Trade one tile of MAELIDS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with MA · ending in DS · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MEDIALS, MISDEAL and MISLEAD (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts MAELIDS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAELIDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 186 | 227 | 177 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MAELIDS, MAELID, MESIAD, MASED, MESAIL, ELIADS, LEAMS, MAISE, MALIS, MELAS, MESAL, SAMEL and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EMAILS, MILDS, EMAIL, MEDS, DESI, MES, DAS, EDS and DA, 9 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of MAELIDS plus a single extra one.