Hidden inside millimeter sit millimeter and millimetre, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 14 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 143 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
millimeter and millimetre tie for the highest Scrabble score from millimeter at 14 points. The top 10 of 143 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in millimeter: one comes from rearranging its letters, and millimeter itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are millimeter and millimetre, each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling millimeter produces exactly one nine-letter word: millerite. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 4 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in millimeter. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are millieme and millirem, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in millimeter produces 6 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is millime, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling millimeter turns up 18 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is limmer, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 27 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in millimeter. If a familiar word is all you need, start with limit and meter. For points, the strongest plays are emmer, emmet, and mimer — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in millimeter produces 46 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with item, meet, melt, mile, tell, term, and till. For points, the strongest plays are meme and mime — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling millimeter turns up 27 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ill, let, lie, lit, met, and tie. For points, the strongest plays are mem and mim — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in millimeter. If a familiar word is all you need, start with it and me. For points, the strongest play is mm — worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
2 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in millimeter plus one additional letter.
millimeter 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 4-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for millimeter. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 14 points on a Scrabble board:
millimeter is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing millimeter unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are millimeter and millimetre, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from millimeter 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 millimeter produce 143 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 1 nine-letter word, 4 eight-letter words, 6 seven-letter words, 18 six-letter words, 27 five-letter words, 46 four-letter words, 27 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.