Unscramble MAISTRIES and you have 315 words, MAISTRIES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MAISTRIES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 11 with 8, 41 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among 41 7-letter words made with MAISTRIES letters, the top score is 9, reached by 34. MASTERS and STREAMS are the familiar ones.
52 of 60 6-letter words from MAISTRIES tie at 8 points; none scores more. MASTER, STREAM and RAISES will look familiar.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MAISTRIES score 7 points. ITEMS, SMART and STEAM are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from MAISTRIES scores 6. TIME, ITEM and SAME are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words in MAISTRIES, 22 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MAISTRIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; AIRTIMES, ASTERISM, MISRAISE, MISRATES, SERIATIM, SIMITARS and SMARTIES (10 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts MAISTRIES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAISTRIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 315) | 250 | 315 | 233 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
65 of the 315 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MAISTRIES, MAISTERS, SEMITARS, ASTEISM, ATIMIES, MAISTER, MASTIER, MISSIER, SAMITIS, SARMIES, SEMITAR, AMISES and 53 more. 17 of the 315 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AMIRITE, SAMIEST, SMRITIS, AMRITS, MATIER, SAMIER, SMRITI, AMRIT, ARTSIES, MASES, ARTSIE, STIM and 5 more.
These 5 words take every letter of MAISTRIES plus a single extra one.