Unscramble CHIMLEYS to get 188 words. CHIMLEYS itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CHIMLEYS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 18 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 16 with 2.
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Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with CHIMLEYS letters: CHIMLEY, for 17 points.
CHYMES scores highest among the 6-letter words in CHIMLEYS at 16 points, ahead of CHYLES and HYLISM on 14. SMILEY, CHIMES and CHISEL are the ones most people know.
CHYME tops the 5-letter words from CHIMLEYS at 15 points; next come CHYLE and HYLIC on 13. MILES, SMILE and SLICE will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CHIMLEYS, LYCH and YECH tie for first at 12 points. MESH, MILE and SEMI are everyday picks.
MYC scores highest among the 3-letter words made with CHIMLEYS letters at 10 points, ahead of HEY and HYE on 9. YES, ICE and SEC are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CHIMLEYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CH · ending in YS · all 8-letter words
CHIMLEYS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CHIMLEYS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIMLEYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 142 | 187 | 128 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
45 of the 188 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HYLISM, HYLIC, IMSHY, SCHELM, MISCH, CHESIL, ELCHIS, HYLES, MICH, MILSEY, ELCHI, HEYS and 33 more. 14 of the 188 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LYCHES, CHEMS, LYCH, MECHS, CHEM, MECH, MYCS, MYC, EMICS, HIMS, MEH, MICS and 2 more. 1 of the 188 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
These 3 words take every letter of CHIMLEYS plus a single extra one.