Unscramble MALTWORM and you have 119 words, MALTWORM itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. MATLOW is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
M34A1L12T1W4O1R1M34
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from MALTWORM by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 6, 11 with 5, 39 with 4, 49 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 7 letters.
4 of 39 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MALTWORM tie at 9 points; none scores more. ORAL, ATOM and WARM will look familiar.
The 3-letter words from MALTWORM are led by MAW and MOW, 8 points each. TWO, LAW and ART are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MALTWORM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in RM · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MARMOT (10 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts MALTWORM, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALTWORM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 119) | 100 | 119 | 94 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
19 of the 119 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MALTWORM, MATLOW, AMOWT, MOWRA, MAWR, MOWA, MARM, AROW, LOWT, MATLO, MORAT, ROMAL and 7 more. 6 of the 119 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MAM, OWT, OMA, TOLAR, ARO and LOR.
This word takes every letter of MALTWORM plus a single extra one.