Unscramble MISMAKES to get 161 words. MISMAKES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MISMAKES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 10 with 6, 40 with 5, 54 with 4, 37 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words from MISMAKES, KAMME leads with 13 points, then KAIMS and KAMES on 11. MAKES, MASKS and SKIES are the familiar ones.
10 of 54 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MISMAKES tie at 10 points; none scores more. MAKE, SAME and MIKE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of MISMAKES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MI · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
MISMAKES first, then short meanings for the 6 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MISMAKES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISMAKES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 112 | 161 | 101 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
49 of the 161 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IMMASKS, IMMASK, KAMISES, KAMME, SMAIKS, SMEIKS, KAIMS, KASME, MAIKS, SAMMIES, SMAIK, SMEIK and 37 more. 11 of the 161 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: KAMIS, MAKIS, MAKI, SIKAS, MAMS, SIKA, KIS, MAM, MASES, KI and MES.