Unscramble MANDARINE and you have 255 words, MANDARINE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. MANDARINE has 1 anagram here, MEANDRIAN, scoring 12 like MANDARINE itself. MANDARIN, MARINADE and AMANDINE are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from MANDARINE by length: 2 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 6 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Among 41 6-letter words from MANDARINE, the top score is 9, reached by 21. MARINE, REMAIN and MANNER are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MANDARINE; 27 of them share the top score of 8. MEDIA, NAMED and DREAM are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from MANDARINE, the top score is 7, reached by 14. NAME, MADE and MAIN are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in MANDARINE, 5 score 6 points, the group's best. ARE, END and MAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MANDARINE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AMANDINE, MANDARIN and MARINADE (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
MANDARINE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANDARINE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 196 | 255 | 182 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 59 of them: MANDARINE, MEANDRIAN, ADERMIN, MANDIRA, DEMAIN, MAINED, MANDIR, MANRED, RANDEM, DEMAN, MAAED, MAINER and 47 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: MAIDAN, ADMIN, DIRAM, ARAME, DENARI, RAMEN, RAMIN, DENAR, MANI, MARA, DENI, DAN and 2 more.
These 2 words take every letter of MANDARINE plus a single extra one.