Unscramble MEGAWATTS and you have 190 words, MEGAWATTS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MEGAWATTS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 3 with 7, 5 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
WAMES tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MEGAWATTS at 10 points; next come SWAGE and WAGES on 9. STATE, GAMES and STAGE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from MEGAWATTS, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. SAME, GAME and WEST are the ones most people know.
MAW, MEW and WEM are the top 3-letter words in MEGAWATTS, 8 points each. WAS, GET and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of MEGAWATTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ME · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
What MEGAWATTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MEGAWATTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEGAWATTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 157 | 190 | 143 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WASM, WEMS, AMATES, EGMAS, GAWS, TAGMA, TAWAS, TAWTS, WEM, AMATE, EGMA, EWTS and 21 more, 33 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: METATAGS, METATAG, WETAS, MEGA, MEGS, WETA, MASA, MEG, EW, MES, AGS, ATS and 2 more, 14 in all.