Unscramble CHIRKEST and you have 247 words, CHIRKEST itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CHIRKEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 11 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Of the 44 6-letter words in CHIRKEST, 10 score 15 points, the group's best. STRIKE, ETHICS and TRICKS are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CHIRKEST tie at 14 points; none scores more. SHIRT, STICK and THICK will look familiar.
CHIK, HECK and HICK share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words from CHIRKEST. TECH, RISK and HITS are the ones most people know.
KHI tops the 3-letter words made with CHIRKEST letters at 10 points; next come ICK on 9 and CHE on 8. ITS, SET and KIT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CHIRKEST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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CHIRKEST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CHIRKEST is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIRKEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 247) | 186 | 247 | 171 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 61 of them: CHEKIST, SKRIECH, SKITCH, CHIKS, CHIK, SHREIK, ERICKS, ESTRICH, RICKET, SCRIKE, TRECKS, CHIRTS and 49 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: HICKEST, HICKER, ICKS, SITCH, TECHS, ECHT, TECH, RECITS, SHITE, KIS, KI, TEC and 3 more.
These 4 words take every letter of CHIRKEST plus a single extra one.