Unscramble METALWARE to get 231 words. METALWARE itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MALWARE leads with 12 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from METALWARE split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 6-letter words in METALWARE, MEWLER leads with 11 points, then ATWEEL and WELTER on 9. RELATE is the familiar one.
MALWA tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble METALWARE at 10 points; next come AWARE and AWEEL on 8. WATER, LATER and METAL will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from METALWARE, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. WERE, TEAM and TERM are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble METALWARE, MAW, MEW and WEM tie for first at 8 points. ARE, LAW and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of METALWARE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ME · ending in RE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MALWARE (12 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. METALWARE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| METALWARE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 176 | 231 | 167 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 55 of them: MALWA, ATWEEL, LAMETER, MAWR, WEEM, AWEEL, LAWER, MARTEL, MEALER, RAMEAL, RETAMA, TEAMER and 43 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: MALWARE, TWEER, ARAME, RAMAL, WETA, EEW, MARA, EW and TE.
This word takes every letter of METALWARE plus a single extra one.