170 words come out when you unscramble CHESNUTS, starting with CHESNUTS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CHESNUT and TUSCHES, 12 points each. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CHESNUTS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 17 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 36 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 39 5-letter words from CHESNUTS, the top score is 10, reached by 9. CHEST, CENTS and CHESS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CHESNUTS, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. SUCH, THEN and TECH are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of CHESNUTS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CH · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; TUSCHES (12 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CHESNUTS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHESNUTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 170) | 139 | 170 | 123 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
29 of the 170 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHESNUTS, CHESNUT, CUSHES, CHUTS, SECHS, CHUT, CUSH, SECH, THUSES, CHE, ECH, SHETS and 17 more. 18 of the 170 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CHUSES, CHUSE, TECHS, ECHT, TECH, CENTU, SESH, SHEN, TECS, SENTS, TEC, ESTS and 6 more. 2 of the 170 answers are missing from Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT.
These 3 words take every letter of CHESNUTS plus a single extra one.