Unscramble CHALLENGES and you have 273 words, CHALLENGES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. CHALLENGE is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CHALLENGES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 8, 22 with 7, 49 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
CHALLENGE is the only one of the 9-letter words made with CHALLENGES letters; it scores 15 points.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in CHALLENGES: NACELLES, for 10 points.
CHANGES and GANCHES are the top 7-letter words from CHALLENGES, 13 points each. CLEANSE, ALLEGES and ENLACES will look familiar.
CHANGE, CHANGS and GACHES share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CHALLENGES. GLANCE, ANGELS and EAGLES are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words made with CHALLENGES letters, CHANG and GANCH tie for first at 11 points. SCALE, CLEAN and CELLS are everyday picks.
GACH scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CHALLENGES at 10 points, ahead of ACHE and CASH on 9. EACH, CASE and CALL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from CHALLENGES, the top score is 8, reached by 4. ALL, CAN and HAS are the familiar ones.
These 4 words have the length of CHALLENGES, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with CH · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
The meaning of CHALLENGES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CHALLENGES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALLENGES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 273) | 209 | 273 | 191 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GANCHES, ELENCHS, SCHNELL, CANEHS, ELENCH, GANCH, SEALCH, SLEECH, CANEH, CANGLES, CHALS, ENSHELL and 52 more, 64 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GACHES, LANCHES, GACH, HENGES, LANCH, CALLEES, HENGE, CALLEE, CLEGS, CLEG, LAHS, SHEN and 6 more, 18 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CHALLENGES and one more.