Hidden inside malaies is one standout: malaise, a seven-letter play worth 9 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 123 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
MALAIES isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to MALAISE (noun), a feeling of vague discomfort, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
malaise is the highest-scoring word from malaies, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 123 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling malaies produces exactly one seven-letter word: malaise. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 20 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in malaies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aisle, email and mails. For points, 18 words tie at 7 points, including email, mails and males.
Rearranging the letters in malaies produces 47 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aims, lame and lies. For points, 30 words tie at 6 points, including aims, lame and mail.
Unscrambling malaies turns up 32 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aim, lie, and sea. For points, 14 words tie at 5 points, including aim, ama and ami.
There are 16 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in malaies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, as, is, and me. For points, 5 words tie at 4 points, including am, me and em.
4 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in malaies plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in malaies and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is malaise, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from malaies earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in malaies produce 123 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 7 six-letter words, 20 five-letter words, 47 four-letter words, 32 three-letter words and 16 two-letter words.