90 words come out when you unscramble CHELAS, starting with CHELAS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: LACHES and SEALCH. The best shorter words score 10: 6 of them, CHASE, CLASH and LEACH included. The 6 letters split into 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from CHELAS by length: 3 with 6 letters, 17 with 5, 28 with 4, 29 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Keep every letter of CHELAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with CH · ending in AS · all 6-letter words
The meaning of CHELAS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CHELAS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHELAS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 90) | 72 | 90 | 67 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SEALCH, CHALS, CHAL, CHAS, SECH, ACH, CHA, CHE, ECH, HALSE, CH, CLAES and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LAHS, AHS, CALS, LAH and CAL, 5 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of CHELAS plus a single extra one.