Unscramble MAXIMINS and you have 96 words, MAXIMINS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are MAXIMIN and MINIMAX, 18 points each. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
M34A1X8I1M34I1N12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from MAXIMINS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 8 with 6, 14 with 5, 27 with 4, 30 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Keep every letter of MAXIMINS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of MAXIMINS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MAXIMINS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAXIMINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 96) | 83 | 96 | 78 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SIXAIN, MNAS, NAMS, SAIM, SIMI, MNA, SAM, SMA, ISNA, ANS, NAS, NIS and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MAMS, MAM, MANIS, MANI and SAN, 5 in all.
This word takes every letter of MAXIMINS plus a single extra one.