Unscramble MASHLIMS to get 133 words. MASHLIMS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. MASHLIM is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from MASHLIMS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 29 with 5, 44 with 4, 33 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Among 29 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MASHLIMS, the top score is 10, reached by 6. MAILS, SMASH and SLASH are the familiar ones.
7 of 44 4-letter words from MASHLIMS tie at 9 points; none scores more. MAIL, MASS and MISS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of MASHLIMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in MS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with HALMS, HMM, MIASMS, SHAMS, SHIMS and SMASH (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts MASHLIMS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MASHLIMS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 133) | 105 | 133 | 95 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
28 of the 133 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MASHLIMS, MASHLIM, LAMISH, MALISMS, SHALMS, LIMMAS, MALISM, MIHAS, SHALM, SMALMS, LIMMA, MIHA and 16 more. 10 of the 133 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HIMS, MAMS, AHIS, LAHS, MAM, AHI, AHS, LAH, LASSI and LIAS.