278 words come out when you unscramble MAINTENANCE, starting with MAINTENANCE itself: 15 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MAINTENANCE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 5 with 8, 25 with 7, 53 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
Among 25 7-letter words in MAINTENANCE, the top score is 11, reached by 6. ANCIENT, ANTENNA and EMINENT are the familiar ones.
13 of 53 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MAINTENANCE tie at 10 points; none scores more. CINEMA, CEMENT and CANINE will look familiar.
Among 53 5-letter words from MAINTENANCE, the top score is 9, reached by 6. ANIME, MEANT and MANIA are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MAINTENANCE tie at 8 points; none scores more. NAME, ITEM and MAIN will look familiar.
CAM, MAC and MIC share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words from MAINTENANCE. CAN, MAN and MEN are the ones most people know.
These 2 words have the length of MAINTENANCE, with one letter different:
More 11-letter words: starting with MA · ending in CE · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EMACIATE (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MAINTENANCE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAINTENANCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 278) | 219 | 277 | 203 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: EMICANT, EMICATE, ACMITE, CATENANE, MICATE, ANTIMEN, CAMAN, METIC, ANETIC, CAMA, CANNAE, ENTAME and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: ANTIACNE, METICA, EMANANT, AMENTA, CAMI, CENTAI, INCENT, MANAT, MIC, TACAN, ACAI, MANI and 5 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: NANCE.
With one more tile, the letters of MAINTENANCE spell the words below.