Unscramble BLOCKHEAD and you have 252 words, BLOCKHEAD itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. BACKHOED and HOLDBACK are the best of the shorter words, at 20 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BLOCKHEAD by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 11 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
CHOKED, HACKED and HOCKED are the top 6-letter words from BLOCKHEAD, 16 points each. LOCKED, BACKED and BEHOLD will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BLOCKHEAD, 6 score 14 points, the group's best. BLACK, BEACH and CABLE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from BLOCKHEAD, HACK, HECK and HOCK tie for first at 13 points. BACK, EACH and HEAD are everyday picks.
5 of 60 3-letter words in BLOCKHEAD tie at 9 points; none scores more. HAD, BAD and BED will look familiar.
Trade one tile of BLOCKHEAD for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with BL · ending in AD · all 9-letter words
BLOCKHEAD first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BLOCKHEAD, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOCKHEAD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 252) | 199 | 250 | 180 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOCKLED, BOCKED, HOCKLE, BEKAH, BODACH, CHEKA, BOAKED, CLOKED, BLAHED, BOKED, COHAB, DECKO and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BACKHOED, BOKEH, CHAEBOL, DHOLAK, BLECH, CHOLA, LOCHE, OAKED, ACK, OCHE, ABLED, AHED and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: BOCHE. Not in Scrabble UK: HAOLE.
With one more tile, the letters of BLOCKHEAD spell the words below.