matelasses needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 291 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
matelasses is the highest-scoring word from matelasses, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 291 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in matelasses — and it is matelasses itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling matelasses turns up 2 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is matelasse, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 10 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in matelasses. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are maleates, maltases, mastless and 5 more, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in matelasses produces 12 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are amasses, malates, maleate and 6 more, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling matelasses turns up 38 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lamest, leases and messes. For points, 16 words tie at 8 points, including lamest, messes and metals.
There are 77 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in matelasses. If a familiar word is all you need, start with asses, eases and lasts. For points, 34 words tie at 7 points, including males, mates and meals.
Rearranging the letters in matelasses produces 91 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ease, east and eats. For points, 37 words tie at 6 points, including lame, male and mass.
Unscrambling matelasses turns up 45 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ass, ate and eat. For points, 12 words tie at 5 points, including met, ama and elm.
There are 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in matelasses. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, as, at, and me. For points, the strongest plays are am, em, ma, and me — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
matelasses is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, but not in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it plays in Scrabble only.
matelasses is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing matelasses unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is matelasses, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from matelasses 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 matelasses produce 291 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 nine-letter words, 10 eight-letter words, 12 seven-letter words, 38 six-letter words, 77 five-letter words, 91 four-letter words, 45 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.