Unscramble CHECKSUM and you have 100 words, CHECKSUM itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SCHMUCK and SCHMECK lead with 20 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
Looking for checkmus? They use the same letters as CHECKSUM, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CHECKSUM split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 17 with 5, 36 with 4, 27 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Among the 4-letter words from CHECKSUM, HECK and HUCK tie for first at 13 points. SUCH, MUCH and MESH are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CHECKSUM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CH · ending in UM · all 8-letter words
CHECKSUM first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: CHECKSUM is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHECKSUM itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 100) | 80 | 100 | 66 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 20 of them: SCHMECK, SHMEK, MECKS, CUMECS, MECK, CUMEC, KESH, KUEH, CUSH, SECH, CHE, ECH and 8 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: CHECKSUM, CUCKS, CHEMS, CUCK, MECHS, CHEM, MECH, SUKH, CHUSE, CUMS, MEH, SUK and 2 more.
With one more tile, the letters of CHECKSUM spell the words below.