Hidden inside moldes sit models and seldom, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 85 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
MOLDES isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to MODELS and SELDOM.
models and seldom tie for the highest Scrabble score from moldes at 9 points. The top 10 of 85 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling moldes turns up 2 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with models. For points, the strongest plays are models and seldom — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 10 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in moldes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with model, modes, and moles. For points, the strongest plays are demos, domes, melds, model, modes, and molds — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in moldes produces 30 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with does, lose, mode, mole, sold, and some. For points, the strongest plays are demo, dome, doms, meds, meld, mode, mods, and mold — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling moldes turns up 29 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with led and old. For points, the strongest plays are dom, med, and mod — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
There are 14 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in moldes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, me, and so. For points, the strongest plays are em, me, mo, and om — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
9 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in moldes plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in moldes and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are models and seldom, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from moldes 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 moldes produce 85 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 10 five-letter words, 30 four-letter words, 29 three-letter words and 14 two-letter words.