Unscramble MAPLAN and you get 44 words; MAPLAN itself is not one of them. The best is NAPALM at 10 points. The 6 letters split into 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
M34A1P34L12A1N12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from MAPLAN by length: 1 with 6 letters, 17 with 4, 18 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 5 letters.
NAPALM is the only one of the 6-letter words made with MAPLAN letters; it scores 10 points.
Keep every letter of MAPLAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with NA · ending in LM · all 6-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with NAPALM (10 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
None of the three games accepts MAPLAN itself. Its letters still make 44 playable words, split by game below.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPLAN itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 44) | 35 | 44 | 32 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALAP, AMLA, MALA, NAAM, PAAL, MAA, MAL, MNA and LANA, 9 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NAPA, PAAN and NALA, 3 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of MAPLAN and one more.