Unscramble MAYFISHES to get 216 words. MAYFISHES itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MAYFISH leads with 18 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MAYFISHES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 15 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
FAMISHES is the only one of the 8-letter words made with MAYFISHES letters; it scores 16 points.
SHEAFY scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MAYFISHES at 15 points, ahead of FAMISH on 14 and FASHES on 12. FISHES is the one most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from MAYFISHES, FISHY leads with 14 points, then IMSHY and MASHY on 13. ESSAY, SHAME and SMASH are the familiar ones.
FEHM tops the 4-letter words in MAYFISHES at 12 points; next come ASHY and FAHS on 10. EASY, SAYS and SAFE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with MAYFISHES letters, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. HAS, MAY and YES are the ones most people know.
This word has the length of MAYFISHES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FAMISHES (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
MAYFISHES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAYFISHES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 170 | 211 | 154 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: MAYFISHES, MAYFISH, SHEAFY, IMSHY, FEHM, FEYS, HEYS, HIEMS, HYES, MIHAS, YAHS, YSAME and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: YEAHS, FAHS, HIYA, SAMEY, FAH, FAMS, HIMS, EYASS, FAM, MEH, AHIS, MASES and 7 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 3 of them: HAFIS, EMFS and EMF. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: HEMI and FI.