Unscramble MAIDENISH and you have 287 words, MAIDENISH itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 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 MAIDENISH split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 14 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
5 of 59 6-letter words from MAIDENISH tie at 12 points; none scores more. INSIDE, MEDIAN and MAIDEN will look familiar.
HAMED scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MAIDENISH at 11 points, ahead of HAEMS and HAMES on 10. MEDIA, HANDS and HEADS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MAIDENISH; 13 of them share the top score of 9. MADE, HAND and HEAD are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words from MAIDENISH, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. HAS, HAD and END are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MAIDENISH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in SH · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MINISHED (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MAIDENISH 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAIDENISH itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 287) | 229 | 286 | 205 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
57 of the 287 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MAIDENISH, HANDISM, HEMINAS, MIHIED, HAMED, HEMINA, MANEHS, MEISHI, DEMAINS, EADISH, HAINED, HIEMS and 45 more. 24 of the 287 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MEHNDIS, EMDASH, MEHNDI, ENDASH, MENSH, ADMINS, ASHINE, DESHI, HIMS, SHENAI, SIDHE, ADMIN and 12 more. 1 of the 287 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.