There are 82 words hidden in the letters of MANUALS, from 17 two-letter words up to MANUALS (7 letters). For points, MANUALS is best at 9.
No other single word uses all 7 letters of MANUALS. MANUALS has 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants, worth 9 points before any board bonuses.
7-letter words 1
6-letter words 4
5-letter words 15
alans5almas7alums7anlas5lamas7lauan5lunas5manas7manus7mauls7nasal5sauna5ulama7ulans5ulnas5
4-letter words 24
aals4alan4alas4alma6alms6alum6amas6amus6anas4ansa4lama6lams6lums6luna4mana6mans6maul6maun6muns6saul4slam6slum6ulan4ulna4
3-letter words 21
aal3aas3ala3als3ama5amu5ana3lam5las3lum5man5mas5mun5mus5nam5nus3sal3sau3sum5sun3uns3
2-letter words 17
aa2al2am4an2as2la2lm4ln2ls2ma4ms4mu4na2nu2um4un2us2
Words are from our open word list and include some game-only words. Rude words are left out of this page; the unscrambler shows every valid word, lets you add blank tiles and filter by length.