Unscramble SQUAMES to get 76 words. SQUAMES itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 18 points: MASQUES. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. SQUAMES as a single 7-tile play makes 68 in Scrabble, 18 plus the 50 bonus, and 55 in Words With Friends (20 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SQUAMES by length: 2 with 7 letters, 4 with 6, 10 with 5, 22 with 4, 27 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Keep every letter of SQUAMES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with SQ · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MASQUES (18 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SQUAMES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SQUAMES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 76) | 56 | 76 | 52 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 20 of them: SQUAMES, SQUAME, MASUS, MUSSE, SAMES, AMES, MASE, MASU, MEUS, SAMS, UMES, AME and 8 more. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: MASES, MES, UMS and SUS.
Each word below uses all the letters of SQUAMES and one more.