Unscramble MATSUTAKE and you have 201 words, MATSUTAKE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are MUSKET and MAKUTA, 12 points each. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
M34A1T1S1U12T1A1K5E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MATSUTAKE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 15 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
6 of 44 5-letter words from MATSUTAKE tie at 11 points; none scores more. STATE, MAKES and TAKES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MATSUTAKE, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. MAKE, MUST and TAKE are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words in MATSUTAKE are led by KAM and MAK, 9 points each. SET, ASK and SAT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MATSUTAKE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in KE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MAKUTA and MUSKET (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: MATSUTAKE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATSUTAKE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 201) | 148 | 201 | 136 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KAMAS, KASME, SMAAK, ATTASK, KAMA, MAKS, KAM, KUTAS, MAK, MATATUS, SKATT, AKAS and 41 more, 53 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MATSUTAKE, KETAS, TAKAS, KETA, SUK, MASA, MES, TUM, UMS, ATS, EST and TE, 12 in all.
This word takes every letter of MATSUTAKE plus a single extra one.