Unscramble MAIDENHEADS and you have 343 words, MAIDENHEADS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. MAIDENHEAD is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from MAIDENHEADS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 3 with 9, 10 with 8, 56 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in MAIDENHEADS: MAIDENHEAD, 17 points.
MADDISH tops the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble MAIDENHEADS at 14 points; next come ASHAMED and HANDISM on 13. AMENDED, DEMANDS and AMNESIA will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words from MAIDENHEADS, the top score is 12, reached by 5. DEMAND, HIDDEN and HEADED are the familiar ones.
The best of the 5-letter words in MAIDENHEADS is HAMED, 11 points; AMAHS and DADAH on 10 follow. HANDS, AHEAD and HEADS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with MAIDENHEADS letters, 15 score 9 points, the group's best. MADE, HAND and HEAD are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MAIDENHEADS; 4 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, HAD and ADD are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of MAIDENHEADS for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with MA · ending in DS · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HANDMAIDS (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MAIDENHEADS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAIDENHEADS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 343) | 273 | 342 | 239 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 69 of them: HANDISM, MENSHED, HADDIES, HEMINAS, NEDDISH, SHAMINA, ADDEEMS, ASHAME, DADAHS, DEMAINES, EDDISH, HADDEN and 57 more. Words With Friends* skips 34 of them: DEADNAMES, HEADENDS, MEHNDIS, SAMADHI, DEADNAME, EMDASH, HEADEND, MEHNDI, DEADMAN, DEADMEN, DENIMED, SIDDHA and 22 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: HEMI.