Unscramble MANDARINS and you have 241 words, MANDARINS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. MANDARIN and MANDIRAS are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from MANDARINS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
14 of 32 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MANDARINS tie at 9 points; none scores more. MARINA, DRAMAS and DRAINS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from MANDARINS, 13 score 8 points, the group's best. DRAMA, MARIA and MINDS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MANDARINS; 11 of them share the top score of 7. MAIN, MIND and AIDS are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from MANDARINS, the top score is 6, reached by 4. MAN, AIR and MAR are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of MANDARINS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
What MANDARINS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MANDARINS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANDARINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 190 | 241 | 170 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
51 of the 241 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MANDIRAS, MANDIRA, MANDIRS, DISMAN, MANDIR, MANDIS, MARIDS, MANDI, MARID, MINARS, MAND, MARD and 39 more. 20 of the 241 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MAIDANS, ADMINS, DIRAMS, MAIDAN, ADMIN, DIRAM, RAMINS, MANIS, MARAS, RAMIN, MANI, MARA and 8 more.
This word takes every letter of MANDARINS plus a single extra one.