290 words come out when you unscramble MAINFRAMES, starting with MAINFRAMES itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. MAINFRAME is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from MAINFRAMES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 8, 20 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
MAINFRAME is the only one of the 9-letter words in MAINFRAMES; it scores 16 points.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with MAINFRAMES letters: MISFRAME, 15 points.
20 7-letter words you get when you unscramble MAINFRAMES; 5 of them share the top score of 12. REMAINS, SEMINAR and MARINES are everyday picks.
7 of 60 6-letter words from MAINFRAMES tie at 11 points; none scores more. MARINE, FRAMES and SAFARI will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MAINFRAMES, the top score is 10, reached by 8. FRAME, FIRMS and FARMS are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 4-letter words from MAINFRAMES tie at 9 points; none scores more. FIRE, FINE and SAFE will look familiar.
EMF, FAM and FEM share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words in MAINFRAMES. MAN, MEN and AIR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MAINFRAMES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MISFRAME (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. MAINFRAMES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAINFRAMES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 218 | 287 | 209 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 69 of them: INFAMES, MISFARE, FRAIMS, INFAME, NIMMERS, RAMMIES, AMMANS, FERMS, FRAIM, MERISM, NIMMER, SAMMIE and 57 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: FAMS, ARAMES, FAM, MAMS, RAMENS, RAMINS, SNARF, MAM, FES, FE and MES. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 2 of them: EMFS and EMF. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.