Unscramble MANTIES and you have 236 words, MANTIES itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 5 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: ETAMINS, INMATES, MAINEST, TAMEINS and TAMINES. Among the shorter answers, 22 reach 8 points, INMATE, MANTIS and AMINES among them. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of MANTIES at once for 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50) or 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from MANTIES split into 6 with 7 letters, 26 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
22 of 26 6-letter words in MANTIES tie at 8 points; none scores more. INMATE and MANTIS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MANTIES, 43 score 7 points, the group's best. ITEMS, TIMES and MEANS are the ones most people know.
49 of 60 4-letter words from MANTIES tie at 6 points; none scores more. TIME, NAME and ITEM will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words from MANTIES, the top score is 5, reached by 20. ITS, SET and MAN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MANTIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ETAMINS, INMATES and TAMEINS (9 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: MANTIES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANTIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 236) | 191 | 236 | 181 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: MAINEST, MANTIES, TAMINES, MANIES, MATIES, TAMINE, TAMINS, TAMISE, MAISE, MANET, MEINS, MEINT and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: SANTIM, MANIS, MANI, SEITAN, STIM, MES, ATS, EST, SAN and TE.
These 12 words take every letter of MANTIES plus a single extra one.