Unscramble XEROMATA to get 150 words. XEROMATA itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
X8E1R1O1M34A1T1A1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from XEROMATA split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 6, 25 with 5, 45 with 4, 51 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 7 letters.
AMEX, EXAM and MOXA are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble XEROMATA, 13 points each. MORE, AREA and RATE will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from XEROMATA, MAX leads with 12 points, then AXE and EXO on 10. ARE, ART and TAX are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of XEROMATA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with X · ending in TA · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EXAM and MOXA (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts XEROMATA, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| XEROMATA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 150) | 124 | 149 | 115 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: XEROMATA, XEROMA, RETOX, TAXOR, EXO, TEX, AMORET, RETAMA, AMATE, MAARE, MARAE, MORAT and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OXER, OMERTA, ARAME, MARA, TREM, EMO, OMA, ARO and TE, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: AMEX.