218 words come out when you unscramble MAINSAILS, starting with MAINSAILS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. MAINSAIL and NASALISM are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from MAINSAILS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 12 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 14 with 2.
28 6-letter words from MAINSAILS; 20 of them share the top score of 8. ANIMAL and SNAILS are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MAINSAILS, the top score is 7, reached by 38. ALIAS, NAILS and MAILS are the familiar ones.
40 of 60 4-letter words from MAINSAILS tie at 6 points; none scores more. MAIL, MAIN and MINI will look familiar.
Keep every letter of MAINSAILS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
What MAINSAILS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MAINSAILS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAINSAILS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 173 | 218 | 164 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALISMAS, ALMAINS, MASLINS, ALISMA, ALMAIN, MASLIN, SAMANS, SIMIAL, AMLAS, ASSAM, MALAS, MALIS and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NASALISM, MANIS, MASAS, MANI, MASA, LASSI, NALAS, LIAS and SAN, 9 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of MAINSAILS spell the words below.