177 words come out when you unscramble MALMSEYS, starting with MALMSEYS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
M34A1L12M34S1E1Y43S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MALMSEYS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 9 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in MALMSEYS: MALMSEY, for 14 points.
Among 49 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MALMSEYS, the top score is 12, reached by 5. SALES, ESSAY and MEALS are the familiar ones.
EMMY scores highest among the 4-letter words from MALMSEYS at 11 points, ahead of AMYL and ELMY on 9. SAME, SALE and LESS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MALMSEYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in YS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of MALMSEYS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. MALMSEYS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALMSEYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 128 | 177 | 118 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
49 of the 177 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SMALMY, LAMMY, SAMMY, SAMELY, YEALMS, LYAMS, LYMES, SMALMS, YEALM, YELMS, YSAME, EMMAS and 37 more. 10 of the 177 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EMMYS, EMMY, SAMEY, EYASS, LASSY, MAMS, MAM, MASES, YAS and MES.