228 words come out when you unscramble MAYPOLES, starting with MAYPOLES itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of MAYPOLES is on the page: PLAYSOME, each 15 points. EMPLOYS and MAYPOLE are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MAYPOLES by length: 2 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 15 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MAYPOLES, 8 score 12 points, the group's best. PLAYS, POEMS and LAMPS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MAYPOLES, MOPY, YMPE and YOMP tie for first at 11 points. PLAY, EASY and MAPS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words from MAYPOLES, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. MAY, MAP and YES are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MAYPOLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What MAYPOLES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MAYPOLES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAYPOLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 172 | 228 | 154 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
56 of the 228 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PLAYSOME, MOPSY, MYOPS, YMPES, MOYLES, POLEYS, SAMELY, SMOYLE, YEALMS, YMPE, AYELP, LYAMS and 44 more. 18 of the 228 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SOYMEAL, YOMPS, PLOYES, YOMP, MOLYS, PLOYE, POSEY, SAMEY, YEPS, PALEOS, SPAM, YAS and 6 more.