Unscramble MATINESS to get 285 words. MATINESS itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of MATINESS is on the page: MANTISES, each 10 points. 18 shorter words score 9, among them INMATES, STAMENS and ASTEISM. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MATINESS split into 2 with 8 letters, 24 with 7, 55 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Among 24 7-letter words made with MATINESS letters, the top score is 9, reached by 18. INMATES is the familiar one.
34 of 55 6-letter words from MATINESS tie at 8 points; none scores more. SAINTS, INMATE and STAINS will look familiar.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MATINESS come to 60, each scoring 7 points. ITEMS, TIMES and MEANS are the familiar ones.
55 of 60 4-letter words from MATINESS tie at 6 points; none scores more. TIME, NAME and ITEM will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in MATINESS, the top score is 5, reached by 20. ITS, SET and MAN are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of MATINESS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
What MATINESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MATINESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATINESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 285) | 231 | 285 | 217 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASTEISM, MAINEST, MANISES, MANTIES, TAMINES, AMISES, MAISES, MANIES, MATIES, MISSAE, TAMINE, TAMINS and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SAMIEST, SANTIM, MANIS, MASES, SEITANS, STIMS, MANI, SEITAN, STIM, MES, ATS, EST and 2 more, 14 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of MATINESS plus a single extra one.