Hidden inside muhlies sit heliums and muhlies, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 12 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 101 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
heliums and muhlies tie for the highest Scrabble score from muhlies at 12 points. The top 10 of 101 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 seven-letter words hiding in muhlies: one comes from rearranging its letters, and muhlies itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are heliums and muhlies, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling muhlies turns up 4 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are helium and mulish, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 14 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in muhlies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with miles and smile. For points, the strongest plays are helms and hilum — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in muhlies produces 33 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lies, mile, and slim. For points, the strongest plays are helm, hems, hims, hums, mesh, mush, and shim — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling muhlies turns up 31 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with him, his, lie, she, sue, and use. For points, the strongest plays are hem, him, hum, and meh — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 17 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in muhlies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eh, he, hi, hm, is, me, and sh. For points, the strongest play is hm — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in muhlies 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.
muhlies 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 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
muhlies is one of two seven-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing muhlies unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are heliums and muhlies, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from muhlies 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 muhlies produce 101 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 seven-letter words, 4 six-letter words, 14 five-letter words, 33 four-letter words, 31 three-letter words and 17 two-letter words.