Unscramble CHESTNUTS and you have 188 words, CHESTNUTS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CHESTNUTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 2 with 7, 22 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 48 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CHESTNUTS, the top score is 10, reached by 9. TESTS, CHEST and CENTS are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words from CHESTNUTS; 7 of them share the top score of 9. SUCH, THEN and TECH are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CHESTNUTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CH · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
What CHESTNUTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CHESTNUTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHESTNUTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 156 | 188 | 139 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
30 of the 188 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHESNUTS, CHESNUT, CUSHES, CHUTS, SECHS, CHUT, CUSH, SECH, THUSES, CHE, ECH, SHETS and 18 more. 19 of the 188 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CHUSES, CHUSE, TECHS, ECHT, TECH, CENTU, SESH, SHEN, STENTS, TECS, SENTS, STENT and 7 more. 2 of the 188 answers are missing from Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT.
These 3 words take every letter of CHESTNUTS plus a single extra one.