Unscramble MALAPROPOS and you have 237 words, MALAPROPOS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MALAPROPS leads with 15 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MALAPROPOS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 7 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in MALAPROPOS: MALAPROPS, 15 points.
The best of the 6-letter words from MALAPROPOS is PAMPAS, 12 points; APPALS and APPROS on 10 follow. PLASMA, ALARMS and MORALS are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MALAPROPOS are led by PAMPA and POMPS, 11 points each. ALARM, MORAL and LAMPS are the familiar ones.
POMP tops the 4-letter words from MALAPROPOS at 10 points; next come AMPS and APPS on 8. MAPS, PALM and ARMS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in MALAPROPOS, 8 score 7 points, the group's best. MAP, MAR and PRO are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of MALAPROPOS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MALAPROPS (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. MALAPROPOS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALAPROPOS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 194 | 235 | 172 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: APPROS, PARMAS, AMOROSA, APOOP, APPRO, MOOPS, PARMA, PARPS, PLAPS, SPOOM, MOOP, MORSAL and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: OPPOS, POMOS, APPS, OPPO, POMO, SPAM, APP, MARAS, APOS, MARA, MASA, APO and 8 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: LARPS and LARP.