Unscramble SMARAGDES and you have 246 words, SMARAGDES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 12, among them MASSAGED, DAMAGERS and MEGARADS. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SMARAGDES split into 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 8 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SMARAGDES, DAMAGE and MADGES tie for first at 10 points. DREAMS, GRADES and DRAMAS are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from SMARAGDES are led by GAMED and MADGE, 9 points each. GAMES, GRADE and DREAM are the familiar ones.
22 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SMARAGDES tie at 7 points; none scores more. MADE, SAME and GAME will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from SMARAGDES, 7 score 6 points, the group's best. ARE, RED and AGE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SMARAGDES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SM · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
SMARAGDES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SMARAGDES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMARAGDES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 246) | 194 | 246 | 174 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MEGARADS, MEGARAD, MADGES, GRAMES, MADGE, ASMEAR, DARGAS, DEGRAS, EGMAS, GARMS, GRAME, MAAED and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MEGARA, ARAMES, MARGS, ARAME, GARDA, MARAS, MARG, MASAS, MASES, MEDS, MEGA, MEGS and 8 more, 20 in all.