Unscramble MARSEILLES and you have 338 words, MARSEILLES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. MARSEILLE and REALMLESS are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MARSEILLES split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 17 with 8, 58 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among 58 7-letter words from MARSEILLES, the top score is 9, reached by 32. SELLERS, SMALLER and REALISE are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MARSEILLES scores 8. EMAILS, SESAME and MAILER are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words in MARSEILLES come to 60, each scoring 7 points. EMAIL, MILES and MILLS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words made with MARSEILLES letters scores 6. MAIL, SAME and MALE are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MARSEILLES, the top score is 5, reached by 26. ARE, ALL and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MARSEILLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EMAILERS, LIMELESS, MAILLESS, MEALLESS, MEASLIER, REALISMS, SERIEMAS and SMELLERS (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MARSEILLES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARSEILLES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 338) | 248 | 338 | 238 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 90 of them: REALMLESS, ALMERIES, RIMELESS, SMELLIES, MEALERS, MERELLS, MESAILS, MISERES, MISSELL, SARMIES, AMISES, ARMILS and 78 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: MARSEILLES, MARSEILLE, EMAILERS, EMAILER, EMAILS, SAMIER, EMAIL, MASES, MES and RAI.