Unscramble MERGUEZ and you have 58 words, MERGUEZ itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. MERGUEZ as a single 7-tile play makes 69 in Scrabble, 19 plus the 50 bonus, and 57 in Words With Friends (22 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MERGUEZ by length: 1 with 7 letters, 4 with 5, 17 with 4, 25 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 6 letters.
Keep every letter of MERGUEZ but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with ME · ending in Z · all 7-letter words
What MERGUEZ means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MERGUEZ, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERGUEZ itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 58) | 39 | 58 | 35 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 19 of them: MZEE, ZE, EMURE, MEER, RUME, ERM, EUGE, GERE, MEE, MEU, UME, GER and 7 more. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: MERGUEZ, REZ, EMERG and MEG.