Hidden inside miriam sit imam and maim, four-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 24 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
imam and maim tie for the highest Scrabble score from miriam at 8 points. The top 10 of 24 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in miriam produces 6 valid four-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these four-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are imam and maim, each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling miriam turns up 12 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aim, air, and arm. For points, the strongest plays are mam and mim — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are imam and maim, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from miriam 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 miriam produce 24 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 6 four-letter words, 12 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.