Unscramble CAMASHES to get 171 words. CAMASHES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. SCHEMAS, SACHEMS and SAMECHS are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CAMASHES split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 15 with 6, 38 with 5, 58 with 4, 38 with 3 and 16 with 2.
38 5-letter words from CAMASHES; 6 of them share the top score of 12. CASES, CHASE and CHESS are everyday picks.
Of the 58 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CAMASHES, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. EACH, CASE and SAME are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of CAMASHES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SACHEMS, SAMECHS and SCHEMAS (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts CAMASHES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMASHES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 171) | 132 | 171 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
39 of the 171 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAMASHES, CAMASH, ASHAMES, ASHAME, SECHS, SHAMA, CHAS, EMACS, MACAS, MAHA, SECH, ACH and 27 more. 11 of the 171 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CHEMS, MECHS, CHEM, MECH, MEH, MASAS, MASES, SESH, AHS, MASA and MES.
This word takes every letter of CAMASHES plus a single extra one.