Hidden inside mapleex sit example and exempla, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 18 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 59 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
MAPLEEX isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to EXAMPLE and EXEMPLA.
example and exempla tie for the highest Scrabble score from mapleex at 18 points. The top 10 of 59 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in mapleex produces 2 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with example. For points, the strongest plays are example and exempla — each worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling mapleex produces exactly one six-letter word: empale. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 10 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in mapleex produces 18 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with exam, lame and lamp. For points, the strongest plays are apex, exam, and plex — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling mapleex turns up 23 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ape, lap and map. For points, the strongest plays are max and pax — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in mapleex. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, ex, and me. For points, the strongest plays are ax and ex — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
4 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in mapleex plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in mapleex 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 plays from these letters are example and exempla, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from mapleex 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 mapleex produce 59 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 seven-letter words, 1 six-letter word, 3 five-letter words, 18 four-letter words, 23 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.