159 words come out when you unscramble DRUMHEAD, starting with DRUMHEAD itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. HARMED and DERHAM are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DRUMHEAD split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 6, 26 with 5, 57 with 4, 47 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 7 letters.
HAMED scores highest among the 5-letter words made with DRUMHEAD letters at 11 points, ahead of HADED and HAREM on 10. HEARD, DREAM and ARMED are the ones most people know.
Among 57 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DRUMHEAD, the top score is 9, reached by 6. READ, MADE and HARD are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DRUMHEAD for another and you can spell these 5 words:
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DRUMHEAD first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DRUMHEAD, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRUMHEAD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 159) | 122 | 159 | 117 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: DERHAM, HAMED, UMRAH, HUMA, RAHED, ARUHE, DAURED, HAUD, ADRED, AREDD, ERHU, HUER and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: AHED, MEH, DUH, DUM and DA.
This word takes every letter of DRUMHEAD plus a single extra one.