Unscramble SCHMELZES to get 120 words. SCHMELZES itself is a real word: 25 points on a Scrabble board, 27 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SCHMELZE, 24 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SCHMELZES split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 9 with 6, 23 with 5, 46 with 4, 25 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with SCHMELZES letters: SCHMELZE, for 24 points.
The best of the 4-letter words from SCHMELZES is CHEZ, 18 points; MEZE and MZEE on 15 follow. LESS, SEEM and MESH are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SCHMELZES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SC · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The meaning of SCHMELZES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SCHMELZES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHMELZES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 120) | 79 | 120 | 70 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: SCHMELZ, MZEES, MZEE, SCHELMS, SCHELM, SMEECH, ZELS, CHESSEL, ZEL, SECESH, SLEECH, ZE and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: CHEMS, MECHS, SEZ, CHEM, MECH, MEH, SESH, MES and ESSE.