What It Scores
METAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble, 7 in Words With Friends, 7 in Wordfeud. The letters break down as M3 E1 T1 A1 L1.
Words Made From The Letters In METAL
53 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (19)
3 letter words (21)
2 letter words (13)
Longer Words Containing METAL
METAL appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.