Unscramble MATERNALISM and you have 410 words, MATERNALISM itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MAINSTREAM leads with 14 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MATERNALISM by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 15 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with MATERNALISM letters: MAINSTREAM, for 14 points.
Of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble MATERNALISM, 17 score 12 points, the group's best. MATERIAL, TERMINAL and MINERALS are the ones most people know.
39 of 60 7-letter words from MATERNALISM tie at 11 points; none scores more. ANIMALS, MAILMAN and INMATES will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from MATERNALISM, 27 score 10 points, the group's best. ANIMAL, EMAILS and ALARMS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words in MATERNALISM; 17 of them share the top score of 9. EMAIL, ITEMS and ANIME are everyday picks.
9 of 60 4-letter words made with MATERNALISM letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. MAIL, ITEM and MAIN will look familiar.
MAM, MEM and MIM share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MATERNALISM. ARE, ART and MAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MATERNALISM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with MA · ending in SM · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ARMAMENTS and MELISMATA (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MATERNALISM is playable in Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATERNALISM itself | No | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 410) | 318 | 410 | 298 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 91 of them: IMMANTLES, MARMALISE, TRILEMMAS, AMMIRALS, IMMANTLE, SMALMIER, STRAMMEL, TRAMMIES, TRILEMMA, ALAIMENTS, AMMIRAL, AMTMANS and 79 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: MANTRAMS, MALTMAN, MALTMEN, MANTRAM, STAMINEAL, AMENTA, AMRITS, ARAMES, ARTESIAN, EMAILS, MAMS, AMRIT and 9 more. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: MATERNALISM.
This word takes every letter of MATERNALISM plus a single extra one.