Unscramble MALARKEY and you have 169 words, MALARKEY itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. MALARKY is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for alarmkey? They use the same letters as MALARKEY, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from MALARKEY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 3 with 6, 35 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 19 with 2.
MALARKY is the only one of the 7-letter words made with MALARKEY letters; it scores 16 points.
Among 35 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MALARKEY, the top score is 12, reached by 4. EARLY, LAYER and ALARM are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words from MALARKEY tie at 11 points; none scores more. YEAR, MAKE and MARK will look familiar.
Of the 50 3-letter words made with MALARKEY letters, 4 score 10 points, the group's best. ARE, MAY and KEY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MALARKEY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in EY · all 8-letter words
MALARKEY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MALARKEY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALARKEY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 122 | 169 | 113 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KAMELA, KAYLE, ALMERY, KERMA, KYLE, YARK, YLKE, KAMA, REAMY, YEALM, KAM, KY and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: YARAK, KRAY, MARKA, KYE, MYLAR, ARAME, RAMAL, MARA and YER, 9 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of MALARKEY plus a single extra one.