Unscramble MATELOTS and you have 234 words, MATELOTS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 9 points, MALTOSE, MATELOT and MOTTLES among them. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from MATELOTS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 26 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
26 6-letter words made with MATELOTS letters; 18 of them share the top score of 8. LATEST, ALMOST and TOTALS are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from MATELOTS, the top score is 7, reached by 45. LEAST, METAL and TEAMS are the familiar ones.
55 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MATELOTS tie at 6 points; none scores more. ALSO, SOME and MOST will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in MATELOTS, 25 score 5 points, the group's best. SET, LET and LOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MATELOTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
What MATELOTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MATELOTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATELOTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 234) | 192 | 234 | 179 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MATLOS, OSMATE, ATMOS, LEAMS, LOMAS, LOMES, MATLO, MELAS, MESAL, MESTO, SAMEL, AMES and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: METOLS, METOL, EMOS, OMAS, EMO, LOTSA, LOTTA, MES, OMA, SOM, ATS, EST and 1 more, 13 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of MATELOTS plus a single extra one.