Unscramble METHANES and you have 244 words, METHANES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 4 of them, METHANE, ANTHEMS and HETMANS included. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from METHANES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
11 of 32 6-letter words in METHANES tie at 11 points; none scores more. SENATE, THEMES and ANTHEM will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from METHANES, 12 score 10 points, the group's best. MEANS, NAMES and SHEET are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble METHANES; 12 of them share the top score of 9. THEN, MEET and MEAN are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words from METHANES are led by HAM, HEM and MEH, 8 points each. HAS, SEE and SET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of METHANES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with ME · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
METHANES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. METHANES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| METHANES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 244) | 181 | 244 | 171 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 63 of them: MEATHES, MANEHS, MEATHE, MEATHS, SMEATH, SMEETH, HEAME, MANEH, MEATH, THEMA, ENTAMES, HEASTE and 51 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: HETMEN, MENSH, MEH, SHEN, AHS, MES, ATS, EST, SAN and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of METHANES and one more.