Unscramble MAXILLAE and you have 93 words, MAXILLAE itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
M34A1X8I1L12L12A1E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from MAXILLAE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 11 with 5, 31 with 4, 27 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
AMEX, EXAM and MAXI share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MAXILLAE. MAIL, MALE and MILE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MAXILLAE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in AE · all 8-letter words
MAXILLAE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MAXILLAE, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAXILLAE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 93) | 79 | 92 | 80 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); *the Words With Friends list changes.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 13 of them: LIMAX, MALAX, AMELIA, AMLA, LEAM, MALA, MALI, MELA, AME, MAA, MAL, AIA and 1 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: AMEX.