Unscramble MAXIMUSES to get 177 words. MAXIMUSES itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. MAXIMUS is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from MAXIMUSES split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 16 with 6, 38 with 5, 50 with 4, 48 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
MAXIM tops the 5-letter words from MAXIMUSES at 16 points; next come EXAMS and MAXES on 14. ISSUE, MIXES and SEAMS will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MAXIMUSES, AMEX, EXAM and MAXI tie for first at 13 points. SAME, USES and MASS are everyday picks.
MAX, MIX and MUX share the top score of 12 among the 3-letter words from MAXIMUSES. USE, SIX and ASS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of MAXIMUSES for another and you can spell these 3 words:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MAXIMS (17 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: MAXIMUSES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAXIMUSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 140 | 176 | 125 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
36 of the 177 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MAXIMUSES, MAXIMUS, SAMMIES, SAXE, SAMMIE, EMMAS, AMISES, EMMA, MAISES, MISSAE, MAISE, MASUS and 24 more. 15 of the 177 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MUXES, MUX, MUMSIES, UMAMIS, UMAMI, UMMAS, MAMS, UMMA, MAM, MASES, SUMIS, SUMI and 3 more. 1 of the 177 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: AMEX.