Unscramble MARTINGAL to get 269 words. MARTINGAL itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are MARGINAL and ALARMING, 11 points each. 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.
Words from MARTINGAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 18 with 7, 50 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
12 of 50 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MARTINGAL tie at 9 points; none scores more. RATING, ANIMAL and MARGIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from MARTINGAL, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. AGAIN, GRANT and GIANT are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from MARTINGAL; 10 of them share the top score of 7. MAIL, MAIN and GIRL are everyday picks.
GAM, MAG and MIG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in MARTINGAL. ART, MAN and AIR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of MARTINGAL for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ALARMING and MARGINAL (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MARTINGAL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTINGAL itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 269) | 216 | 269 | 199 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AMATING, INGRAM, MAAING, MANGAL, AGAMI, ALMAIN, MANATI, RATLING, TAGMA, ARLING, ARMIL, GALANT and 41 more, 53 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MARTINGAL, RAILMAN, LARIGAN, MANGA, RAGTAIL, AMRIT, GLAM, MANAT, MARG, RAMAL, RAMIN, AGITA and 5 more, 17 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of MARTINGAL plus a single extra one.