Unscramble MALAPROPS to get 225 words. MALAPROPS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. MALAPROP is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MALAPROPS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 24 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in MALAPROPS: MALAPROP, for 14 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MALAPROPS, PAMPAS leads with 12 points, then APPALS and APPROS on 10. PLASMA, ALARMS and MORALS are the familiar ones.
PAMPA and POMPS share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words from MALAPROPS. ALARM, MORAL and LAMPS are the ones most people know.
POMP tops the 4-letter words made with MALAPROPS letters at 10 points; next come AMPS and APPS on 8. MAPS, PALM and ARMS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MALAPROPS, 8 score 7 points, the group's best. MAP, MAR and PRO are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MALAPROPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in PS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of MALAPROPS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MALAPROPS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALAPROPS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 225) | 183 | 223 | 162 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: APPROS, PARMAS, APPRO, PARMA, PARPS, PLAPS, MORSAL, OMASAL, PARP, PLAP, ROMALS, SAMLOR and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: APPS, SPAM, APP, MARAS, PALSA, RAMAL, APOS, MARA, MASA, OMAS, OPAS, APO and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARPS and LARP, 2 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of MALAPROPS spell the words below.