Unscramble SCYTHEMEN and you have 226 words, SCYTHEMEN itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MENSCHY leads with 17 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SCYTHEMEN by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
CHYMES tops the 6-letter words in SCYTHEMEN at 16 points; next come CHEESY and CHESTY on 14. SCHEME, THEMES and CEMENT will look familiar.
CHYME scores highest among the 5-letter words from SCYTHEMEN at 15 points, ahead of HYMEN and HYMNS on 13. SHEET, THEME and SCENE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SCYTHEMEN, HYMN, MYTH and YECH tie for first at 12 points. THEN, TECH and EYES are everyday picks.
MYC tops the 3-letter words in SCYTHEMEN at 10 points; next come HEY and HYE on 9. SEE, SET and MEN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SCYTHEMEN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SC · ending in EN · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MENSCHY (17 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts SCYTHEMEN, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCYTHEMEN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 171 | 225 | 148 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCYTHEMEN, MYCETES, SMEECH, CHENETS, SHEETY, YSHENT, CHENET, ESNECY, HYENS, SMEETH, SYTHE, CYTES and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MENSCHY, CHEMS, MECHS, CHEM, HETMEN, MECH, MYCS, YEESH, MENSH, MYC, TECHS, ECHT and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: NESTY.