Unscramble MAGAININS and you have 190 words, MAGAININS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is MAGAININ, 11 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MAGAININS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 25 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 13 with 2.
MAGAININ is the only one of the 8-letter words in MAGAININS; it scores 11 points.
Of the 25 6-letter words from MAGAININS, 11 score 9 points, the group's best. MINING, NAMING and AIMING are the ones most people know.
10 of 39 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MAGAININS tie at 8 points; none scores more. AGAIN, SIGMA and GAINS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with MAGAININS letters, 9 score 7 points, the group's best. SIGN, MAIN and MINI are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MAGAININS, GAM, MAG and MIG tie for first at 6 points. MAN, GAS and INN are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of MAGAININS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MAGIANS, MININGS and SIAMANG (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: MAGAININS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAGAININS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 136 | 190 | 123 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
54 of the 190 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MAGAININS, MAGAININ, MAINING, NAMINGS, AGAMIS, MAAING, MASING, AGAMI, INANGAS, MANGS, MINGS, AINGAS and 42 more. 13 of the 190 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MANGAS, MANGA, MANIS, MANI, MASA, NAGAS, SIGNA, NAGA, AGS, GIS, SIG, GI and 1 more.