Unscramble MICELLES to get 125 words. MICELLES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MICELLES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 9 with 6, 30 with 5, 45 with 4, 28 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Of the 30 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MICELLES, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. MILES, CELLS and SMILE are the ones most people know.
4 of 45 4-letter words from MICELLES tie at 8 points; none scores more. SELL, CELL and SEEM will look familiar.
Keep every letter of MICELLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MI · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
MICELLES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. MICELLES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICELLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 125) | 97 | 125 | 91 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 28 of them: MELICS, CLEMS, SCLIM, CLEM, LEMELS, SIECLE, CIELS, CILLS, CLIES, LEMEL, LEMES, MESEL and 16 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: CELLIES, EMICS, CELLIE, MICS, MIC and MES.
These 2 words take every letter of MICELLES plus a single extra one.