211 words come out when you unscramble FERNSHAW, starting with FERNSHAW itself: 17 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is WHARFS, 15 points. 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.
By length, the words from FERNSHAW split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 13 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with FERNSHAW letters: FAWNERS, 13 points.
WHARF tops the 5-letter words from FERNSHAW at 14 points; next come FAWNS and FRESH on 11. SHARE, FEARS and FARES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FERNSHAW, 16 score 10 points, the group's best. NEWS, SAFE and HEAR are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from FERNSHAW, the top score is 9, reached by 7. ARE, NEW and WAS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of FERNSHAW but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FE · ending in AW · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with WHARFS (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts FERNSHAW, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERNSHAW itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 170 | 211 | 161 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FERNSHAW, WASHEN, WHARES, SWERF, WERSH, WHARE, WHEAR, FAWS, FEWS, WHAE, AWNERS, FAW and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FAHS, SHWA, FAH, SNARF, SHEN, AHS, FES, EW and FE, 9 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of FERNSHAW and one more.