Unscramble MESSAGED and you have 175 words, MESSAGED itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MESSAGED by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 16 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MESSAGED, GAMED and MADGE tie for first at 9 points. GAMES, SEEMS and SEEDS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from MESSAGED, the top score is 7, reached by 17. MADE, SAME and GAME are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MESSAGED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with ME · ending in ED · all 8-letter words
MESSAGED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MESSAGED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MESSAGED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 134 | 175 | 123 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
41 of the 175 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MADGES, MADGE, MEASED, EGMAS, GESSED, MASED, MEASES, SEAMES, EGMA, GADES, MEASE, MESES and 29 more. 11 of the 175 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MASES, MEDS, MEGA, MEGS, MEG, MES, AGS, DAS, EDS, ESSE and DA.
This word takes every letter of MESSAGED plus a single extra one.