Unscramble MIDLANDS and you have 169 words, MIDLANDS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MIDLAND and LADDISM lead with 11 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from MIDLANDS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 29 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 17 with 2.
MADID tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MIDLANDS at 9 points; next come ADMIN and AMIDS on 8. LANDS, MINDS and NAILS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from MIDLANDS, 10 score 7 points, the group's best. SAID, MAIL and MAIN are the ones most people know.
52 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MIDLANDS; 4 of them share the top score of 6. ADD, DID and MAN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of MIDLANDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MI · ending in DS · all 8-letter words
What MIDLANDS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MIDLANDS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIDLANDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 136 | 169 | 125 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: DISMAN, MADID, MANDIS, MANDI, MASLIN, MALIS, MAND, DALIS, LAIDS, LINDS, MALI, MALS and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: LADDISM, ADMINS, ADMIN, MILDS, MANIS, MANI, DANS, DAN, DAS, DA and SAN.