Unscramble MICROWIRES to get 263 words. MICROWIRES itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is MICROWIRE, 16 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MICROWIRES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 15 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
MICROWIRE is the only one of the 9-letter words in MICROWIRES; it scores 16 points.
43 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MICROWIRES; 8 of them share the top score of 11. CRIMES, ESCROW and MOWERS are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MICROWIRES, the top score is 10, reached by 10. COMES, CRIME and MICRO are the familiar ones.
CWMS scores highest among the 4-letter words from MICROWIRES at 11 points, ahead of COWS and CREW on 9. COME, CORE and WIRE are the ones most people know.
CWM tops the 3-letter words in MICROWIRES at 10 points; next come COW and MEW on 8. ICE, SEC and ROW will look familiar.
Trade one tile of MICROWIRES for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with MI · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ICEWORMS (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MICROWIRES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICROWIRES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 263) | 199 | 263 | 179 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MICROWIRES, MICROWIRE, MORRICES, SCOWRER, SCOWRIE, CIMIERS, CREMORS, MORRICE, ROWMES, CIMIER, CREMOR, CROMES and 52 more, 64 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ICEWORMS, ICEWORM, EMICS, MERCS, MERC, MICS, OWIES, MIC, OWIE, CORS, ECOS, EMOS and 8 more, 20 in all.