42 words come out when you unscramble STYMES, starting with STYMES itself: 11 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. STYMES has 1 anagram here, SYSTEM, scoring 11 like STYMES itself. The strongest shorter words are MESSY and STYME, 10 points each. 6 letters: 1 vowel and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from STYMES split into 2 with 6 letters, 6 with 5, 13 with 4, 13 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of STYMES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with ST · ending in ES · all 6-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SYSTEM (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts STYMES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STYMES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 42) | 29 | 42 | 24 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
13 of the 42 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STYMES, STYME, EMYS, STEYS, YESTS, SEYS, SYES, YEST, METS, SEY, SYE, TEMS and 1 more. 5 of the 42 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MES, ESTS, EST, TES and TE.
These 2 words take every letter of STYMES plus a single extra one.