Unscramble MANGROVES and you have 290 words, MANGROVES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 15 points: VENOGRAMS. The strongest shorter words are MANGROVE and VENOGRAM, 14 points each. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from MANGROVES by length: 2 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 18 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
OVERMAN tops the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble MANGROVES at 12 points; next come GOVERNS on 11 and ENGRAMS on 10. ORANGES will look familiar.
VAGROM scores highest among the 6-letter words from MANGROVES at 12 points, ahead of AMOVES and MAVENS on 11. MOVERS, ROMANS and GRAVES are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words in MANGROVES; 7 of them share the top score of 10. GAMES, MOVES and GROVE are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words made with MANGROVES letters are led by MOVE and VOMS, 9 points each. OVER, GAME and SAVE are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MANGROVES is VOM, 8 points; GOV and VAG on 7 follow. MAN, MEN and AGE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of MANGROVES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What MANGROVES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MANGROVES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANGROVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 224 | 289 | 198 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
65 of the 290 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERSMAN, AMOVES, MEGARONS, VOEMAS, AMOVE, GAMONES, ROMAGES, VOEMA, GAMONE, GNOMAE, GRAMES, GRAVS and 53 more. 26 of the 290 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MEGARON, GOMERS, VEGAS, GOMER, GORMS, MARGS, RAMENS, SEROMA, SMORG, VEGA, VOGS, GORM and 14 more. 1 of the 290 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.