mayst needs no unscrambling at all — the five-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 10 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 27 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
mayst is the highest-scoring word from mayst, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 27 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one five-letter word uses the letters in mayst — and it is mayst itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in mayst produces 6 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with mays and stay. For points, the strongest plays are mays and yams — 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 mayst turns up 12 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with may, sat, and say. For points, the strongest plays are may and yam — 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 8 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in mayst. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, as, at, ay, and my. For points, the strongest play is my — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in mayst and you get a different five-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 4 of the 5 letters, not all of them.
mayst 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.
Both totals match, because every tile in mayst carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
mayst is the only five-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing mayst unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is mayst, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from mayst 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 mayst produce 27 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 five-letter word, 6 four-letter words, 12 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.