217 words come out when you unscramble MATCHETS, starting with MATCHETS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. MATCHETS has 1 anagram here, SCHMATTE, scoring 15 like MATCHETS itself. MATCHES and MATCHET are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MATCHETS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 17 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 20 with 2.
60 5-letter words from MATCHETS; 7 of them share the top score of 12. STATE, MATCH and TEAMS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from MATCHETS, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. EACH, CASE and TECH are the ones most people know.
54 3-letter words in MATCHETS; 7 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, SET and ACT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of MATCHETS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SCHMATTE (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
MATCHETS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATCHETS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 217) | 181 | 217 | 162 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MATCHETS, MATCHET, SMATCH, MEATHS, METCAST, SMEATH, MEATH, SCATH, THEMA, CHAS, EMACS, SECH and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SCHMATTE, CHEMS, MECHS, SHMATTE, CHEM, MECH, CATHS, TECHS, CATH, ECHT, TECH, MEH and 7 more, 19 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of MATCHETS plus a single extra one.