Unscramble names

Unscramble NAMES to get 62 words. NAMES itself is a real word: 7 points on a Scrabble board, 9 in Words With Friends. It has 7 anagrams at 7 points each, among them AMENS, MANES and MANSE. Among the shorter answers, 14 reach 6 points, NAME, SAME and MEAN among them. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.

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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.

Possible Words From names

Words from NAMES by length: 8 with 5 letters, 20 with 4, 22 with 3 and 12 with 2.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with names

NAMES and 7 anagrams, SAMEN, NEMAS and MENSA and 4 more, make up the 5-letter words made with NAMES letters; each scores 7 points.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with names

14 of 20 4-letter words in NAMES tie at 6 points; none scores more. NAME, SAME and MEAN will look familiar.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with names

Of the 22 3-letter words you get when you unscramble NAMES, 11 score 5 points, the group's best. MAN, MEN and SEA are the ones most people know.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with names

4 of 12 2-letter words from NAMES tie at 4 points; none scores more. AS, AN and AM will look familiar.

Change One Tile in NAMES

These 6 words have the length of NAMES, with one letter different:

More 5-letter words: starting with NA · ending in ES · all 5-letter words

Add two letters to NAMES:

What the Best NAMES Words Mean

The meaning of NAMES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

NAMES 7 · 9
to give a title to
AMENS 7 · 9
a word used at the end of a prayer to express agreement
MANES 7 · 9
the long hair growing on and about the neck of some animals
MANSE 7 · 9
a clergyman's house
MEANS 7 · 9
to intend
MENSA 7 · 9
the grinding surface of a tooth
NEMAS 7 · 9
a nematode
AMEN 6 · 8
a word used at the end of a prayer to express agreement

Is NAMES Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NAMES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
NAMES itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 62)456242

* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAMEN, AMES, MASE, MNAS, NAMS, AME, MNA, SAM, SMA, EANS, SEAN, SENA and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MES, NAES and SAN, 3 in all.

Longer Words Built on NAMES

With one more tile, the letters of NAMES spell the words below.

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