There are 174 words hidden in the letters of MATCHES, from 19 two-letter words up to MATCHES (7 letters). For points, MATCHES is best at 14.
No other single word uses all 7 letters of MATCHES. MATCHES has 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants, worth 14 points before any board bonuses.
7-letter words 1
6-letter words 9
chaste11cheats11maches13sachem13sachet11samech13scathe11schema13taches11
5-letter words 37
aches10acmes9cames9caste7cates7cesta7chams12chase10chasm12chats10cheat10chest10haems10haets8hames10haste8hates8heats8maces9mache12machs12match12mates7maths10meats7meths10satem7shame10steam7taces7tache10tachs10tames7teach10teams7techs10theca10
4-letter words 70
aces6ache9acme8acts6ahem9ates4came8cams8case6cash9cast6cate6cats6cham11chat9each9east4eath7eats4echt9etas4etch9eths7haem9haes7haet7hame9hams9hast7hate7hats7heat7hems9hest7hets7mace8mach11macs8maes6mash9mast6mate6math9mats6meat6mesa6mesh9meta6meth9same6sate4scam8scat6seam6seat4sech9sect6seta4sham9shat7shea7stem6tace6tach9tame6tams6team6teas4thae7them9
3-letter words 38
ace5act5ash6ate3cam7cat5cha8eat3ems5eta3eth6hae6ham8has6hat6hem8hes6het6mac7mae5mas5mat5meh8mes5met5sac5sae3sat3sea3sec5set3sha6she6tae3tam5tas3tea3the6
2-letter words 19
ae2ah5am4as2at2cs4eh5em4es2et2ha5he5hm7ma4me4ms4sh5ta2ts2
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.