Unscramble MINIMAXES and you have 210 words, MINIMAXES itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MAXIMISE and MAXIMINS lead with 19 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from MINIMAXES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 25 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 21 with 2.
The best of the 6-letter words from MINIMAXES is MAXIMS, 17 points; MINXES and MIXENS on 15 follow. MINIMA is an everyday pick.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MINIMAXES are led by IMMIX and MAXIM, 16 points each. MEANS, NAMES and ANIME are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with MINIMAXES letters, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. NAME, SAME and MAIN are the ones most people know.
MAX and MIX are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MINIMAXES, 12 points each. MAN, MEN and SIX will look familiar.
Keep every letter of MINIMAXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What MINIMAXES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MINIMAXES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINIMAXES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 210) | 170 | 209 | 162 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 39 of them: MIXENS, MIXEN, SIXAINE, SIXAIN, SAXE, SAMMIE, EMMAS, EMMA, MANIES, MAISE, MEINS, SAMEN and 27 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: SAXMEN, MAMS, MAM, MANIS, MANI, MES, NAES and SAN. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: AMEX.