Hidden inside melissi sit mislies, missile, similes and 1 other, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 61 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
MELISSI isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to MISLIES, MISSILE, SIMILES and SMILIES.
mislies, missile, similes and 6 others tie for the highest Scrabble score from melissi at 9 points. The top 10 of 61 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in melissi produces 4 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with missile and smilies. For points, the strongest plays are mislies, missile, similes, and smilies — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 10 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in melissi. If a familiar word is all you need, start with miles and smile. For points, 8 words tie at 7 points, including miles, smile and limes.
Rearranging the letters in melissi produces 18 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with less, lies and mess. For points, 12 words tie at 6 points, including mess, mile and miss.
There are 8 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in melissi. If a familiar word is all you need, start with is and me. For points, the strongest plays are em, me, and mi — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
10 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in melissi plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in melissi 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 mislies, missile, similes, and smilies, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from melissi 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 melissi produce 61 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 4 seven-letter words, 5 six-letter words, 10 five-letter words, 18 four-letter words, 16 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.