Unscramble MAGNESIUM and you have 269 words, MAGNESIUM itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
M34A1G23N12E1S1I1U12M34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MAGNESIUM split into 1 with 9 letters, 15 with 7, 46 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 8 letters.
9 of 46 6-letter words made with MAGNESIUM letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. IMAGES, IMMUNE and GENIUS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from MAGNESIUM, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. GAMES, IMAGE and MEANS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MAGNESIUM, the top score is 8, reached by 8. NAME, GAME and MAIN are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 3-letter words in MAGNESIUM tie at 7 points; none scores more. MAN, MEN and AGE will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of MAGNESIUM, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in UM · all 9-letter words
What MAGNESIUM means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MAGNESIUM, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAGNESIUM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 269) | 210 | 269 | 185 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 59 of them: MAGSMEN, SAMMING, GAMMES, GEMMAN, MAGISM, GAMME, MEASING, MEUSING, SAMMIE, EMMAS, MAGNES, MAGNUS and 47 more. Words With Friends* skips 25 of them: GUMMIES, GUMMIS, UMMING, GUMMI, UMAMIS, UMAMI, UMMAS, MAMS, MUNGS, UMMA, MAM, MANIS and 13 more.
These 2 words take every letter of MAGNESIUM plus a single extra one.