Unscramble NOMADES and you have 211 words, NOMADES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: DAEMONS, MASONED, MODENAS and MONADES. The best shorter words score 9: 13 of them, DAEMON, DEMONS and AMENDS included. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of NOMADES in one turn: 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50), 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NOMADES split into 5 with 7 letters, 15 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Among 46 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NOMADES, the top score is 8, reached by 19. MEANS, NAMES and NAMED are the familiar ones.
14 of 60 4-letter words from NOMADES tie at 7 points; none scores more. SOME, NAME and DOES will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in NOMADES, 5 score 6 points, the group's best. ONE, END and MAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NOMADES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with NO · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DAEMONS, MASONED and MONADES (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts NOMADES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOMADES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 174 | 211 | 159 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
37 of the 211 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MODENAS, NOMADES, DEMANS, MODENA, NOMADE, DEMAN, MANOES, MASED, MOSED, MAND, SAMEN, AMES and 25 more. 15 of the 211 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MEDS, SOMAN, EMOS, OMAS, DANS, DOSA, EMO, MES, OMA, SOM, DAN, DAS and 3 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of NOMADES and one more.