Hidden inside minotaur sit manitou, natrium, romaunt and 1 other, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 208 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
manitou, natrium, romaunt and 6 others tie for the highest Scrabble score from minotaur at 9 points. The top 10 of 208 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in minotaur produces 5 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 manitou, natrium, romaunt, and tinamou, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling minotaur turns up 15 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with amount. For points, 10 words tie at 8 points, including amount, antrum and atrium.
There are 31 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in minotaur. If a familiar word is all you need, start with minor, mount, train, and tumor. For points, 21 words tie at 7 points, including minor, mount and tumor.
Rearranging the letters in minotaur produces 69 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with atom, aunt and auto. For points, 28 words tie at 6 points, including atom, main and mint.
Unscrambling minotaur turns up 64 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aim, air and ant. For points, 26 words tie at 5 points, including aim, arm and man.
There are 24 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in minotaur. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an and at. For points, 7 words tie at 4 points, including am, um and ma.
3 nine-letter words can be made using all the letters in minotaur plus one additional letter.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are manitou, natrium, romaunt, and tinamou, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from minotaur 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 minotaur produce 208 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 5 seven-letter words, 15 six-letter words, 31 five-letter words, 69 four-letter words, 64 three-letter words and 24 two-letter words.