Unscramble METROLOGY and you have 196 words, METROLOGY itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. GLOOMY is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from METROLOGY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 19 with 6, 35 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
GLOOMY scores highest among the 6-letter words made with METROLOGY letters at 12 points, ahead of MOOLEY and MOTLEY on 11. MYRTLE is the one most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble METROLOGY are led by GERMY and GORMY, 11 points each. MOTOR, METRO and GLORY are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words from METROLOGY tie at 9 points; none scores more. MORE, ROOM and TERM will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in METROLOGY, GYM leads with 9 points, then LYM and MOY on 8. GET, GOT and LET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of METROLOGY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ME · ending in GY · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GLOOMY (12 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
METROLOGY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| METROLOGY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 196) | 150 | 195 | 136 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
46 of the 196 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GORMY, MOTORY, GOOLEY, GROOLY, MOOLY, MOYLE, YMOLT, ELOGY, GOETY, GOORY, GOYLE, GROMET and 34 more. 14 of the 196 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MELTY, GOOLY, ROTELY, GOMER, GORM, METOL, MEG, ROOTLE, TREM, YER, EMO, ORG and 2 more. 1 of the 196 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: GOY.
With one more tile, the letters of METROLOGY spell the words below.