64 words come out when you unscramble MELAS, starting with MELAS itself: 7 in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends. MELAS has 7 anagrams here, ALMES, LAMES and LEAMS among them, all scoring 7 like MELAS itself. Among the shorter answers, 18 reach 6 points, SAME, MALE and MEAL among them. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from MELAS by length: 8 with 5 letters, 24 with 4, 21 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Keep every letter of MELAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with ME · ending in AS · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ALMES, LAMES, MALES and MEALS (7 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts MELAS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELAS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 64) | 48 | 64 | 47 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 16 of them: LEAMS, MELAS, MESAL, SAMEL, AMES, LEAM, MALS, MASE, MELA, AME, MAL, SAM and 4 more. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: MES.
These 12 words take every letter of MELAS plus a single extra one.