Hidden inside mangost is one standout: amongst, a seven-letter play worth 10 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 145 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
MANGOST isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to AMONGST (preposition), among, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
amongst is the highest-scoring word from mangost, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 145 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling mangost produces exactly one seven-letter word: amongst. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 25 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in mangost. If a familiar word is all you need, start with among, atoms, goats, and tango. For points, the strongest plays are among, magot, mango, and ogams — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in mangost produces 53 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ants, atom and goat. For points, 5 words tie at 7 points, including gams, mags and mogs.
Unscrambling mangost turns up 44 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ago, ant and gas. For points, the strongest plays are gam, mag, and mog — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
There are 16 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in mangost. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an and as. For points, the strongest plays are am, ma, mo, and om — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
5 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in mangost plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in mangost 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 amongst, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from mangost 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 mangost produce 145 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 6 six-letter words, 25 five-letter words, 53 four-letter words, 44 three-letter words and 16 two-letter words.