Unscramble MANJACKS to get 87 words. MANJACKS itself is a real word: 23 points on a Scrabble board, 28 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
M34A1N12J810A1C34K5S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MANJACKS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 2 with 6, 13 with 5, 34 with 4, 27 with 3 and 8 with 2.
JACK tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MANJACKS at 17 points; next come JAKS on 15 and JAMS on 13. SCAN, MASK and CAMS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of MANJACKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in KS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with JACKS (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts MANJACKS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANJACKS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 87) | 52 | 87 | 49 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 35 of them: MANJACKS, JACKMAN, MANJACK, JAKS, JAK, KAMAS, SMAAK, CAMANS, KAMA, MAKS, CAMAN, JA and 23 more. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: ACK, MASA and SAN.