Unscramble MAINTENANCES and you have 374 words, MAINTENANCES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MAINTENANCE leads with 15 points. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from MAINTENANCES split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 2 with 10, 8 with 9, 36 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
MAINTENANCE is the only one of the 11-letter words in MAINTENANCES; it scores 15 points.
The 10-letter words made with MAINTENANCES letters come to 2, each scoring 14 points.
36 8-letter words you get when you unscramble MAINTENANCES; 12 of them share the top score of 12. INSTANCE, SEMANTIC and ANTENNAS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 7-letter words in MAINTENANCES, 22 score 11 points, the group's best. ANCIENT, INCENSE and CINEMAS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words made with MAINTENANCES letters, the top score is 10, reached by 24. CINEMA, CEMENT and CANINE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MAINTENANCES, 16 score 9 points, the group's best. ITEMS, ANIME and CENTS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from MAINTENANCES; 13 of them share the top score of 8. ITEM, CASE and MAIN are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words in MAINTENANCES are led by CAM, MAC and MIC, 7 points each. CAN, MAN and MEN are the familiar ones.
These 3 words have the length of MAINTENANCES, with one letter different:
More 12-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ANAMNESTIC (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MAINTENANCES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAINTENANCES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 374) | 297 | 374 | 274 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INCASEMENT, ASEMANTIC, CAMSTANE, EMICATES, SCENEMAN, ACMITES, CASEMAN, CASEMEN, CATENANES, EMACSEN, EMICANT, EMICATE and 65 more, 77 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MENISCATE, NEMATICS, ENCAENIAS, METICAS, ANTIACNE, METICA, CAMIS, EMANANT, EMICS, INCENTS, AMENTA, CAMI and 11 more, 23 in all.