Unscramble MARINES and you have 233 words, MARINES itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: REMAINS, SEMINAR and SIRNAME. The best shorter words score 8: 25 of them, MARINE, REMAIN and MINERS included. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of MARINES in one turn: 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50), 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MARINES by length: 4 with 7 letters, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 29 6-letter words in MARINES, 25 score 8 points, the group's best. MARINE, REMAIN and MINERS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MARINES; 48 of them share the top score of 7. MEANS, NAMES and ANIME are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from MARINES, 47 score 6 points, the group's best. NAME, SAME and MAIN are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MARINES; 24 of them share the top score of 5. ARE, MAN and MEN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of MARINES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
What MARINES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MARINES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARINES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 182 | 233 | 170 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SIRNAME, ENARMS, MAINER, MAIRES, MANIES, MARIES, MINARS, SARMIE, ENARM, INERM, MAIRE, MAISE and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RAMENS, RAMINS, SAMIER, MANIS, RAMEN, RAMIN, MANI, SARNIE, MES, ARIE, RAI and SAN, 12 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of MARINES plus a single extra one.