Unscramble MAUDS and you have 35 words, MAUDS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: ADSUM and DUMAS. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 7 points, DAMS, DUMA and MUDS among them. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from MAUDS by length: 3 with 5 letters, 7 with 4, 17 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Trade one tile of MAUDS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with MA · ending in DS · all 5-letter words
MAUDS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MAUDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAUDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 35) | 29 | 35 | 25 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ADSUM, MASU, SAM, SMA, SUD and UDS, 6 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DUM, UMS, DAS and DA, 4 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of MAUDS and one more.