Unscramble MAYFLIES to get 229 words. MAYFLIES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FAMILY, FLIMSY and MYSELF lead with 14 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from MAYFLIES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 22 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 6-letter words in MAYFLIES, FAMILY, FLIMSY and MYSELF tie for first at 14 points. EASILY, EMAILS and SAFELY are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words made with MAYFLIES letters are led by FILMY and FLAMY, 13 points each. EMAIL, FILES and MILES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from MAYFLIES, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. LIFE, FILE and EASY are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MAYFLIES are led by FAY, FEY and FLY, 9 points each. MAY, YES and SAY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MAYFLIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What MAYFLIES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MAYFLIES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAYFLIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 174 | 224 | 165 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
50 of the 229 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FEMALS, FYLES, MILSEY, SAMELY, YEALMS, FEMAL, FEYS, FLIMS, FYLE, LYAMS, LYMES, YEALM and 38 more. 11 of the 229 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MILFS, SAMEY, FAMS, MILF, EMAILS, FAM, EMAIL, FES, YAS, FE and MES. 3 of the 229 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI. 2 of the 229 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMFS and EMF.