Unscramble MAFFLINS and you have 144 words, MAFFLINS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is MAFFLIN, 15 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MAFFLINS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 3 with 6, 28 with 5, 53 with 4, 42 with 3 and 16 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with MAFFLINS letters: MAFFLIN, 15 points.
MIFFS tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MAFFLINS at 13 points; next come NAFFS and NIFFS on 11. FINAL, FILMS and FAILS will look familiar.
MIFF scores highest among the 4-letter words from MAFFLINS at 12 points, ahead of NAFF and NIFF on 10. MAIL, MAIN and FILM are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MAFFLINS are led by AFF and IFF, 9 points each. MAN, FAN and AIM are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MAFFLINS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MIFFS (13 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MAFFLINS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAFFLINS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 144) | 119 | 141 | 107 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 22 of them: MAFFLINS, MAFFLIN, FLIMS, FLIM, FAINS, MASLIN, MALIS, MALI, MALS, MNAS, NAMS, SAIM and 10 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: NAFFS, NIFFS, MILFS, NAFF, NIFF, FAMS, MILF, FAM, MANIS, MANI, LIAS and SAN. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: ALFS, ALF and FI.
With one more tile, the letters of MAFFLINS spell the words below.