Unscramble ACUSHLAS and you have 100 words, ACUSHLAS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. ACUSHLA is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ACUSHLAS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 7 with 6, 24 with 5, 31 with 4, 24 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Among 31 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ACUSHLAS, the top score is 9, reached by 5. SUCH, CASH and HAUL are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ACUSHLAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AC · ending in AS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CALASH, SAUCHS and SCHULS (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ACUSHLAS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACUSHLAS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 100) | 73 | 100 | 66 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
27 of the 100 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACUSHLAS, ACUSHLA, LAUCHS, CHALS, LAUCH, LUACH, CHAL, CHAS, CUSH, ACH, CHA, CAUSA and 15 more. 7 of the 100 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SCHULS, LAHS, AHS, CALS, LAH, CAL and SUS.