No word spells SCAMMIEST. Unscramble SCAMMIEST instead and you have 265 words, and the best is CAMMIES at 13 points. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 12 points, CAMMIE, CASTEISM and ETACISMS among them. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SCAMMIEST by length: 3 with 8 letters, 25 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 20 with 2. The longest answer has 8 letters.
The best of the 7-letter words in SCAMMIEST is CAMMIES, 13 points; ACMITES and CAMISES on 11 follow.
Among the 6-letter words from SCAMMIEST, CAMMIE leads with 12 points, then ACMITE and AMICES on 10. CASSIE and SIESTA are the familiar ones.
17 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SCAMMIEST tie at 9 points; none scores more. ITEMS, CASES and STEAM will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SCAMMIEST, the top score is 8, reached by 17. ITEM, CASE and SAME are the familiar ones.
6 of 59 3-letter words from SCAMMIEST tie at 7 points; none scores more. ITS, SET and ACT will look familiar.
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CAMMIES (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
None of the three games accepts SCAMMIEST itself. Its letters still make 265 playable words, split by game below.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAMMIEST itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 265) | 215 | 265 | 195 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
50 of the 265 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ETACISMS, ACMITES, ETACISM, MICATES, SAMMIES, SEMMITS, ACMITE, METICS, MICATE, SAMMIE, SEMMIT, ASTEISM and 38 more. 20 of the 265 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CAMMIES, CAMMIE, METICAS, METICA, CAMIS, EMICS, SAMIEST, CAMI, MAMS, MICS, ETICS, MAM and 8 more.