265 words come out when you unscramble MAILBOXES, starting with MAILBOXES itself: 20 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are MAILBOX and MIXABLE, 18 points each. 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 MAILBOXES split into 1 with 9 letters, 12 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2. None has 8 letters.
38 6-letter words in MAILBOXES; 7 of them share the top score of 15. MOBILE, EMAILS and AXIOMS are everyday picks.
BEMIX and EMBOX share the top score of 16 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MAILBOXES. BOXES, BLAME and EXAMS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from MAILBOXES; 6 of them share the top score of 13. ABLE, BASE and EXAM are everyday picks.
BOX, MAX and MIX share the top score of 12 among the 3-letter words made with MAILBOXES letters. SIX, LAB and AIM are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of MAILBOXES for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What MAILBOXES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MAILBOXES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAILBOXES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 265) | 210 | 264 | 193 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BOLIXES, EMBOX, EXOMIS, LAXISM, BOLIX, LIMAX, ISOLEX, OXIES, SALIX, BEMOILS, EMBAILS, EMBOILS and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BOXLAS, BOXLA, LAXES, ABLEISM, LIMBOES, EMAILS, BAES, BEAL, EMOS, BAE, BES, EMO and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: AMEX.