Unscramble MAXIMISES to get 132 words. MAXIMISES itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
M34A1X8I1M34I1S1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MAXIMISES split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 11 with 6, 31 with 5, 37 with 4, 31 with 3 and 16 with 2.
MAXIMISE is the only one of the 8-letter words in MAXIMISES; it scores 19 points.
The 5-letter words from MAXIMISES are led by IMMIX and MAXIM, 16 points each. EXAMS, MIXES and SEAMS are the familiar ones.
AMEX, EXAM and MAXI share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words in MAXIMISES. SAME, MASS and MISS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MAXIMISES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The meaning of MAXIMISES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MAXIMISES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAXIMISES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 132) | 105 | 131 | 101 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAMMIES, SAXE, SAMMIE, EMMAS, AMISES, EMMA, MAISES, MISSAE, MAISE, MISSA, SAIMS, SAMES and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MAMS, MAM, MASES and MES, 4 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: AMEX.
With one more tile, the letters of MAXIMISES spell the words below.