Hidden inside malchai is one standout: chimla, a six-letter play worth 13 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 65 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
Unscramble AAMCHIL, MAHCIAL or CHAIMLA and you get the same 7 letters as MALCHAI: so the words from MALCHAI listed below are the words from those scrambles too.
chimla is the highest-scoring word from malchai, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 65 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 8 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in malchai. If a familiar word is all you need, start with claim. For points, the strongest play is milch — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in malchai produces 20 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with calm, hail, and mail. For points, the strongest plays are cham and mach — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling malchai turns up 22 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aah, aha and aim. For points, 5 words tie at 8 points, including ham, him and chi.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in malchai. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, am and ha. For points, the strongest play is hm — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
2 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in malchai plus one additional letter.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is chimla, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from malchai 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 malchai produce 65 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 3 six-letter words, 8 five-letter words, 20 four-letter words, 22 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.