Unscramble DEATHBLOWS and you have 332 words, DEATHBLOWS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 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 DEATHBLOWS split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 10 with 8, 39 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 40 with 2.
The best of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DEATHBLOWS is BOWHEAD, 16 points; BEHOWLS on 15 and SHAWLED on 14 follow. BLASTED and BLOATED are everyday picks.
Among the 6-letter words from DEATHBLOWS, BEHOWL leads with 14 points, then HAWSED and HOWLED on 13. SHOWED, SHADOW and WEALTH are the familiar ones.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEATHBLOWS is HOWBE, 13 points; DHOWS and HAWED on 12 follow. BELOW, WHOLE and DEATH are everyday picks.
DHOW scores highest among the 4-letter words from DEATHBLOWS at 11 points, ahead of BAWD and HAWS on 10. SHOW, BOTH and BLOW are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 3-letter words in DEATHBLOWS tie at 9 points; none scores more. HAS, WHO and WEB will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DEATHBLOWS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in WS · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BESHADOW, BOWHEADS and SHADBLOW (17 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DEATHBLOWS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEATHBLOWS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 332) | 266 | 332 | 247 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SOWTHED, AWHETOS, BLASHED, HAWSED, HOWBE, THOWELS, AWHETO, BEDASH, BLAHED, DEBOSH, SHOWD, THEOWS and 54 more, 66 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BLAHEST, TOWABLE, WHATSO, DWALES, SABOTED, SHWA, AHED, DOHS, DOSH, DOH, AHS, HOS and 7 more, 19 in all.