Unscramble ASHAMES and you have 100 words, ASHAMES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 11, among them SHAMES, ASHAME and MASHES. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of ASHAMES in one turn: 62 in Scrabble (12 + 50), 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ASHAMES split into 1 with 7 letters, 5 with 6, 19 with 5, 32 with 4, 28 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Keep every letter of ASHAMES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with AS · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MASHES, SHAMAS and SHAMES (11 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ASHAMES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHAMES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 100) | 79 | 100 | 72 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
21 of the 100 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASHAMES, ASHAME, SHAMA, MAHA, MAASES, ASSAM, HASS, SAMAS, SAMES, AMES, EHS, MAAS and 9 more. 7 of the 100 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MEH, MASAS, MASES, SESH, AHS, MASA and MES.
These 2 words take every letter of ASHAMES plus a single extra one.