Unscramble MASTOIDAL and you have 261 words, MASTOIDAL itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. MATILDAS and MODALIST are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MASTOIDAL split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Of the 38 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MASTOIDAL, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. ALMOST, ADMITS and DISTAL are the ones most people know.
12 of 60 5-letter words from MASTOIDAL tie at 8 points; none scores more. ADMIT, MAILS and ATOMS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in MASTOIDAL, the top score is 7, reached by 11. MOST, MAIL and ATOM are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with MASTOIDAL letters, 6 score 6 points, the group's best. OLD, ADS and AID are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MASTOIDAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MATILDAS and MODALIST (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: MASTOIDAL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MASTOIDAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 261) | 199 | 261 | 187 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
62 of the 261 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MASTOIDAL, DOMATIA, MISTOLD, MODIST, ALISMA, LOMATA, MALIST, MATAIS, MATLOS, MISTAL, ODISM, OMASAL and 50 more. 12 of the 261 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MODALIST, MODALS, MILDS, MASA, OMAS, MOI, OMA, SOM, DAS, ODA, DA and OI.
With one more tile, the letters of MASTOIDAL spell the words below.