Unscramble CLIPSHEARS and you have 368 words, CLIPSHEARS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 16: 6 of them, SPHERICAL, ASPHERICS and CASHSPIEL included. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CLIPSHEARS split into 1 with 10 letters, 10 with 9, 33 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Of the 33 8-letter words made with CLIPSHEARS letters, 8 score 15 points, the group's best. SPECIALS, CASHIERS and REPLICAS are the ones most people know.
14 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CLIPSHEARS tie at 14 points; none scores more. PHRASES, CRASHES and CASHIER will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words from CLIPSHEARS, the top score is 13, reached by 17. CHAIRS, PHRASE and PARISH are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words made with CLIPSHEARS letters; 12 of them share the top score of 12. CHEAP, SHIPS and CHAIR are everyday picks.
4 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CLIPSHEARS tie at 11 points; none scores more. HELP, EACH and PICS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from CLIPSHEARS, 13 score 8 points, the group's best. HAS, CAR and ICE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of CLIPSHEARS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with CL · ending in RS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CASHSPIEL, PARCHESIS and SPHERICAL (16 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: CLIPSHEARS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIPSHEARS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 368) | 298 | 365 | 278 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLIPSHEARS, ASPHERICS, CLIPSHEAR, CHAPLESS, CHARPIES, PILCHERS, CHAPESS, CHARPIE, PILCHER, PILCHES, RECHIPS, CHELPS and 58 more, 70 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CASHSPIEL, ECPHRASIS, CAPISH, CARSPIELS, CARSPIEL, PHASERS, PISHERS, PHASER, PISHER, ARCHI, CHAIS, CHAI and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: HARELIPS and HARELIP, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIP.