Unscramble MALEFFECT and you have 156 words, MALEFFECT itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. EFFECT, AFFECT and EFFACE are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MALEFFECT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 6, 21 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
The 4-letter words from MALEFFECT are led by CAFF and MEFF, 12 points each. LEFT, TEAM and FACT are the familiar ones.
AFF and EFF are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MALEFFECT, 9 points each. LET, ACT and FEE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of MALEFFECT for another and you can spell this word:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in CT · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by AFFECT, EFFACE and EFFECT (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MALEFFECT is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALEFFECT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 156) | 131 | 154 | 126 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 23 of them: MALEFFECT, MEFF, FEMAL, FLEME, CLAME, ALEFT, CLEM, LEFTE, LACET, CLAT, FAE, LEAM and 11 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: CAF, FAM, CAL, FE, TEC and TE. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: EMF. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ALF.
With one more tile, the letters of MALEFFECT spell the words below.