Unscramble MELANISES and you have 312 words, MELANISES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: MEALINESS and MESSALINE. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from MELANISES split into 3 with 9 letters, 10 with 8, 37 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among 37 7-letter words you get when you unscramble MELANISES, the top score is 9, reached by 28. MEASLES and SEMINAL are the familiar ones.
60 6-letter words from MELANISES; 53 of them share the top score of 8. EMAILS, ALIENS and SMILES are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words in MELANISES come to 60, each scoring 7 points. EMAIL, MEANS and MILES are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words made with MELANISES letters score 6 points. NAME, MAIL and SAME are the ones most people know.
24 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MELANISES tie at 5 points; none scores more. MAN, MEN and ASS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of MELANISES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ME · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MEALINESS (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MELANISES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELANISES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 312) | 230 | 312 | 218 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MELANISES, ISLESMAN, ISLESMEN, MELANISE, ENSEAMS, INSEEMS, ISLEMAN, ISLEMEN, MANISES, MASLINS, MESAILS, MISSEEN and 70 more, 82 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MEALINESS, NEMESIAS, MELENAS, NEMESIA, EMAILS, MELENA, EMAIL, MANIS, MASES, MANI, MES and SAN, 12 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of MELANISES spell the words below.