Unscramble SCHMALTZY to get 185 words. SCHMALTZY itself is a real word: 28 points on a Scrabble board, 29 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SCHMALZY, 27 points. The 9 letters split into 1 vowel and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SCHMALTZY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 3 with 7, 4 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 17 with 2.
AZYMS scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SCHMALTZY at 19 points, ahead of CHAYS and MASHY on 13. MATCH, YACHT and MYTHS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words made with SCHMALTZY letters, HAZY leads with 19 points, then AZYM and CAZH on 18. CHAT, STAY and CASH are the familiar ones.
CAZ scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SCHMALTZY at 14 points, ahead of SAZ and ZAS on 12. HAS, MAY and SAY are the ones most people know.
What SCHMALTZY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SCHMALTZY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHMALTZY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 185) | 154 | 185 | 139 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 31 of them: AZYMS, AZYM, CAZ, SMATCH, CALMY, SAZ, CHALS, LYAMS, MASTY, SCATH, SHALM, YAHS and 19 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: CAZH, LYCH, ZAS, MYCS, ZA, CATHS, MYC, TALCY, CATH, LAHS, AHS, LAH and 3 more.