Unscramble MORTGAGES and you have 284 words, MORTGAGES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from MORTGAGES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 17 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in MORTGAGES: MORTGAGE, for 12 points.
MAGGOTS tops the 7-letter words made with MORTGAGES letters at 11 points; next come GROMETS and ROMAGES on 10. STORAGE and MAESTRO will look familiar.
MAGGOT scores highest among the 6-letter words from MORTGAGES at 10 points, ahead of GAMERS and GAMEST on 9. MASTER, STREAM and METROS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MORTGAGES is MAGGS, 9 points; EGMAS and GAMER on 8 follow. GAMES, SMART and METRO are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words made with MORTGAGES letters, MAGG leads with 8 points, then EGMA and GAME on 7. MORE, MOST and SAME are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MORTGAGES, 5 score 6 points, the group's best. ARE, GET and GOT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of MORTGAGES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with MO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
MORTGAGES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MORTGAGES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORTGAGES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 284) | 231 | 284 | 202 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
53 of the 284 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GROMETS, ROMAGES, AMORETS, GRAMES, GROMAS, GROMET, MAGGS, ROMAGE, TOGGERS, AGOGES, AMORET, EGMAS and 41 more. 29 of the 284 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GEOTAGS, GOMERS, OMERTAS, GEOTAG, GOMER, GORMS, MARGS, OMERTA, SEROMA, SMORG, TOERAGS, GATERS and 17 more.
These 2 words take every letter of MORTGAGES plus a single extra one.