Unscramble MARIGRAMS and you have 178 words, MARIGRAMS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. GRAMMARS and MARIGRAM are the best of the shorter words, at 13 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 MARIGRAMS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 4 with 7, 13 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 12 with 2.
GAMMA and MAGMA are the top 5-letter words from MARIGRAMS, 10 points each. MARIA, SIGMA and GRAMS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from MARIGRAMS, the top score is 8, reached by 5. ARMS, MARS and AIMS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MARIGRAMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in MS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GRAMMARS (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: MARIGRAMS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARIGRAMS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 134 | 178 | 118 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MARIGRAMS, MARIGRAM, MAGISM, AGAMIS, MARARIS, MARMS, AGAMI, GARMS, MARARI, MARM, MARRAS, MARRIS and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GRAMMAS, GRAMMA, MAMS, MARGS, MAM, MARAS, MARG, MARA, MASA, AGS, GIS, GRR and 4 more, 16 in all.