Unscramble MERCIFIES and you have 187 words, MERCIFIES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. MISFIRE is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MERCIFIES split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 16 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Among 51 5-letter words from MERCIFIES, the top score is 10, reached by 6. CRIME, FIRMS and FIRES are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MERCIFIES tie at 9 points; none scores more. FREE, FIRE and FEES will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of MERCIFIES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with ME · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MISFIRE (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts MERCIFIES, but the Words With Friends list does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCIFIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 187) | 135 | 184 | 128 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); *the Words With Friends list changes.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 49 of them: MERCIFIES, CIMIERS, CIMIER, EREMIC, FERMS, CREMS, CRIMS, FERM, FIERES, FIRIES, SIFREI, CREM and 37 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: MERCES, EMICS, FIREES, FRISEE, MERCS, FIREE, MERC, MICS, FES and MES. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 3 of them: EMFS, EMF and FI.