Unscramble WIDOWMAN to get 119 words. WIDOWMAN itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
W4I1D2O1W4M34A1N12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from WIDOWMAN by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 6, 15 with 5, 34 with 4, 44 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WIDOWMAN, DWAM leads with 10 points, then MAWN and MOWA on 9. DOWN, MAIN and MIND are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of WIDOWMAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with WI · ending in AN · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by WINDOW (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
WIDOWMAN is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the Words With Friends list leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WIDOWMAN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 119) | 103 | 119 | 98 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); *the Words With Friends list changes.
15 of the 119 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WIDOWMAN, DWAM, DOWNA, MOWA, MANDI, WAID, ANOW, MAND, MINO, MOAI, MONA, WAI and 3 more. 6 of the 119 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ADMIN, AMNIO, MANI, MOI, OMA and DAN. 1 of the 119 answers is missing from Scrabble US: DI.