Unscramble MARIGOLDS and you have 274 words, MARIGOLDS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MARIGOLD leads with 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MARIGOLDS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
DOGMAS tops the 6-letter words from MARIGOLDS at 10 points; next come AMIDOL and AMIGOS on 9. DIALOG, RADIOS and SAILOR will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MARIGOLDS is DOGMA, 9 points; AGISM and AMIDO on 8 follow. SIGMA, MAILS and GRAMS are everyday picks.
29 of 60 4-letter words in MARIGOLDS tie at 7 points; none scores more. MAIL, GOLD and DOGS will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words made with MARIGOLDS letters, the top score is 6, reached by 10. GOD, MAR and AGO are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MARIGOLDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
What MARIGOLDS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MARIGOLDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARIGOLDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 274) | 226 | 272 | 208 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
46 of the 274 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GROMAS, MARIDS, SIMORG, ARMILS, GARMS, GROMA, MARID, MILORS, MISGO, MORIAS, MORSAL, ODISM and 34 more. 20 of the 274 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DIRAMS, MODALS, DIRAM, GLAMS, GORMS, MARGS, MILDS, SMORG, GLAM, GORM, MARG, MOI and 8 more. 2 of the 274 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: DAGOS and DAGO.
Each word below uses all the letters of MARIGOLDS and one more.