Unscramble STEMLETS to get 129 words. STEMLETS itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. METTLES, STEMLET and TELESMS are the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from STEMLETS split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 18 with 6, 31 with 5, 46 with 4, 21 with 3 and 8 with 2.
31 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STEMLETS; 16 of them share the top score of 7. SEEMS, STEEL and TESTS are everyday picks.
Of the 46 4-letter words from STEMLETS, 18 score 6 points, the group's best. TEST, LESS and MEET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of STEMLETS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by METTLES (9 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts STEMLETS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEMLETS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 129) | 88 | 129 | 82 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
41 of the 129 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STEMLETS, STEMLET, TELESMS, EMLETS, MESELS, STEEMS, STEMES, TELESM, TEMSES, LEMES, MESEL, MESES and 29 more. 6 of the 129 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MES, ESSE, ESTS, EST, TES and TE.