Unscramble CLERIHEWS and you have 251 words, CLERIHEWS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 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 CLERIHEWS split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 16 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
6 of 48 6-letter words from CLERIHEWS tie at 14 points; none scores more. WHEELS, CHEERS and RELIES will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CLERIHEWS, CHEWS and WELCH tie for first at 13 points. WHILE, WHEEL and SCREW are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from CLERIHEWS are led by CHEW and WICH, 12 points each. HERE, WERE and WISH are the familiar ones.
HEW scores highest among the 3-letter words in CLERIHEWS at 9 points, ahead of CHE and CHI on 8. SEE, ICE and SEC are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of CLERIHEWS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CL · ending in WS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of CLERIHEWS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CLERIHEWS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLERIHEWS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 251) | 188 | 251 | 181 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
63 of the 251 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SWELCHIE, CHEWIES, CHEWIE, WHILERE, ELICHES, SHEWEL, CHESIL, CHIRLS, CREWES, ELCHIS, ELICHE, RECHIE and 51 more. 7 of the 251 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HIREES, SWILER, HEILS, SWILE, HEIL, EEW and EW.