maternities needs no unscrambling at all — the eleven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 966 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
maternities is the highest-scoring word from maternities, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 966 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eleven-letter word uses the letters in maternities — and it is maternities itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in maternities produces 5 valid ten-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are intimaters, mainstreet, martensite, and terminates, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling maternities turns up 16 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are amenities, antimeres, estaminet, intermats, intermits, intimater, intimates, martinets, ministate, semainier, and terminate, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 72 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in maternities. If a familiar word is all you need, start with interest, intimate, martinis, and minister. For points, the strongest plays are airtimes, antimere, emeritas, emirates, emitters, enmities, estimate, etamines, imitates, interims, intermat, intermit, intimate, itemiser, martinet, martinis, matinees, meatiest, metritis, minarets, minister, mintiest, miseaten, misenter, misinter, mistrain, mistreat, nestmate, raiments, seriatim, steamier, tantrism, teamster, teatimes, teratism, termites, titanism, and transmit — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in maternities produces 142 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eastern, entries, maestri, martini, matters, meanest, and nastier. For points, the strongest plays are airtime, amirite, amities, animist, emerita, emeriti, emetins, emirate, emitter, ermines, etamine, etamins, etatism, imarets, imitate, inmates, interim, intimae, intimas, itemise, maestri, marines, martens, martini, martins, matiest, matinee, matters, mattins, meaners, meanest, meanies, meatier, meinies, meister, metates, metiers, metrist, minaret, minster, minters, mintier, miriest, misrate, mistier, mitiest, mittens, nemesia, raiment, reemits, remains, remates, remints, renames, reteams, retimes, rimiest, santimi, sarment, seamier, seminar, seriema, simitar, smarten, smartie, smatter, smitten, steamer, steamie, tameins, teatime, termini, termite, and triseme — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling maternities turns up 196 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with armies, artist, easier, easter, enters, entire, and estate. For points, the strongest plays are aimers, airmen, ameers, aments, amines, amrits, animes, animis, armets, armies, emetin, enemas, ermine, etamin, imaret, imines, inarms, inmate, inseam, intima, intime, mantes, mantis, marine, marten, martin, master, maters, matier, matins, matres, matter, mattes, mattin, meaner, meanie, meinie, mensae, merest, merits, mesian, metate, meters, metier, metres, miners, minter, mirins, misate, miseat, mister, miters, mitier, mitres, mitten, namers, ramees, ramens, ramets, ramies, ramins, reemit, remain, remans, remate, remint, remise, remits, rename, reteam, retems, retime, saimin, samier, samite, santim, seamen, seamer, semina, simian, smiter, smriti, stamen, stream, tamein, tamers, tamest, timers, titman, and titmen — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 233 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in maternities. If a familiar word is all you need, start with saint, saner, semen, siren, smart, stain, and stair. For points, the strongest plays are aimer, ameer, amens, ament, amies, amine, amins, amirs, amrit, anime, animi, armet, satem, semen, simar, smart, smear, smite, steam, stime, tamer, tames, tamis, teams, teems, terms, emirs, emits, enema, imine, inarm, items, mains, mairs, maist, manes, manis, manse, mares, marse, marts, maser, mater, mates, matin, matte, matts, means, meant, meats, meets, mensa, mense, menta, meres, merit, mesne, meter, metes, metis, metre, miens, minae, minas, miner, mines, minis, mints, mires, mirin, miser, miter, mites, mitis, mitre, mitts, namer, names, neems, nemas, ramee, ramen, ramet, ramie, ramin, reams, reman, remet, remit, retem, rimes, timer, times, trams, trems, and trims — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in maternities produces 187 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aims, airs, amen, ants, arms, arts, and main. For points, the strongest plays are aims, amen, amie, amin, amir, amis, arms, maes, main, mair, mane, mani, mans, mare, mars, mart, mast, mate, mats, matt, mean, meat, meet, mere, mesa, meta, mete, mien, mina, mine, mini, mint, mire, miri, mirs, mise, mist, mite, mitt, name, neem, nema, nims, rami, rams, ream, rems, rime, rims, same, seam, seem, seme, semi, sima, smit, stem, stim, tame, tams, team, teem, term, time, tram, trem, trim, emes, emir, emit, and item — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling maternities turns up 89 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aim, air, ant, are, arm, art, and ate. For points, the strongest plays are aim, ami, arm, eme, ems, ism, mae, man, mar, mas, mat, men, mes, met, mir, mis, nam, nim, ram, rem, rim, sim, and tam — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 25 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in maternities. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an, as, at, in, is, and it. For points, the strongest plays are am, em, ma, me, and mi — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
2 twelve-letter words can be made using all the letters in maternities plus one additional letter.
maternities is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record three senses for maternities. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 13 points on a Scrabble board:
maternities is the only eleven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing maternities unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is maternities, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from maternities 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 maternities produce 966 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eleven-letter word, 5 ten-letter words, 16 nine-letter words, 72 eight-letter words, 142 seven-letter words, 196 six-letter words, 233 five-letter words, 187 four-letter words, 89 three-letter words and 25 two-letter words.