Unscramble MENAGERIE to get 257 words. MENAGERIE itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GERMAINE leads with 11 points. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MENAGERIE split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 13 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in MENAGERIE: GERMAINE, 11 points.
25 of 43 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MENAGERIE tie at 9 points; none scores more. MARINE, REMAIN and REGIME will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from MENAGERIE; 12 of them share the top score of 8. IMAGE, RANGE and GREEN are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MENAGERIE, the top score is 7, reached by 12. NAME, GAME and MAIN are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from MENAGERIE, 5 score 6 points, the group's best. ARE, MAN and MEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MENAGERIE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ME · ending in IE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GERMANE, GERMINA, MANGIER, REAMING, REGIMEN and REIMAGE (10 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
MENAGERIE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENAGERIE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 195 | 257 | 181 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
62 of the 257 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GERMAINE, EMIGREE, GERMAIN, MEARING, MEERING, GERMIN, INGRAM, MERING, MINGER, REMANIE, GRAME, MAINER and 50 more. 14 of the 257 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MERGEE, EMERG, MARG, MEGA, RAMEN, RAMIN, MANI, MEG, REGIE, AREG, GEAN, NEG and 2 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of MENAGERIE and one more.