Unscramble MALS to get 17 words. MALS itself is a real word: 6 points on a Scrabble board, 8 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 6 points: ALMS, LAMS and SLAM. 4 letters: 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MALS split into 4 with 4 letters, 8 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Keep every letter of MALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with MA · ending in LS · all 4-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ALMS, LAMS and SLAM (6 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts MALS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 17) | 13 | 17 | 13 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MALS, MAL, SAM and SMA, 4 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of MALS spell the words below.