Unscramble MUSSIEST to get 158 words. MUSSIEST itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 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 MUSSIEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 20 with 6, 37 with 5, 50 with 4, 31 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 37 5-letter words from MUSSIEST, the top score is 7, reached by 26. ITEMS, TIMES and SITES are the familiar ones.
Of the 50 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MUSSIEST, 30 score 6 points, the group's best. TIME, SITE and ITEM are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MUSSIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MU · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
MUSSIEST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MUSSIEST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSSIEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 158) | 129 | 158 | 112 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
29 of the 158 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MISUST, MUISTS, MUSETS, MUSITS, TUISMS, MUIST, MUSET, MUSIT, MUSSE, MUTIS, SMITS, TUISM and 17 more. 17 of the 158 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: STIMS, SUMIS, STIM, SUMI, TUMS, TUSSES, MES, SUSES, TUM, UMS, ESTS, UTES and 5 more.
These 3 words take every letter of MUSSIEST plus a single extra one.