Unscramble MALSTICK and you have 210 words, MALSTICK itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SMACK, MACKS and MICKS lead with 13 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from MALSTICK split into 1 with 8 letters, 12 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 7 letters.
The 5-letter words in MALSTICK are led by MACKS, MICKS and SMACK, 13 points each. CLAIM, STICK and TALKS are the familiar ones.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MALSTICK, MACK and MICK tie for first at 12 points. TALK, TASK and CAST are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from MALSTICK, the top score is 9, reached by 4. ITS, ACT and ASK are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MALSTICK but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in CK · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MACKS and SMACK (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MALSTICK 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALSTICK itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 210) | 158 | 208 | 143 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MALSTICK, MALIKS, KAIMS, MAIKS, MALIK, SAICK, SKLIM, SMAIK, KAIM, MAIK, MAKS, KALIS and 38 more, 50 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KAMIS, MAKIS, ICKS, MAKI, ACK, CAMIS, SAKTI, CAMI, MICS, SIKA, CLITS, KIS and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: MICKS and MICK, 2 in all.
These 4 words take every letter of MALSTICK plus a single extra one.