Unscramble MELANISM to get 244 words. MELANISM itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 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 MELANISM by length: 1 with 8 letters, 10 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Of the 33 6-letter words in MELANISM, 8 score 10 points, the group's best. EMAILS, ALIENS and SALINE are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 5-letter words from MELANISM tie at 9 points; none scores more. EMAIL, MEANS and MILES will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MELANISM, the top score is 8, reached by 7. NAME, MAIL and SAME are the familiar ones.
MAM, MEM and MIM are the top 3-letter words from MELANISM, 7 points each. MAN, MEN and SEA will look familiar.
Keep every letter of MELANISM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with ME · ending in SM · all 8-letter words
What MELANISM means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MELANISM, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELANISM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 244) | 199 | 244 | 191 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
45 of the 244 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LAMMIES, LAMMIE, LIMMAS, MALISM, SAMMIE, EMMAS, ISLEMAN, LIMMA, SMALM, EMMA, MANIES, MASLIN and 33 more. 8 of the 244 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EMAILS, MAMS, EMAIL, MAM, MANIS, MANI, MES and SAN.
These 5 words take every letter of MELANISM plus a single extra one.