Unscramble FERNSHAWS and you have 247 words, FERNSHAWS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FERNSHAW leads with 17 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from FERNSHAWS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
FERNSHAW is the only one of the 8-letter words in FERNSHAWS; it scores 17 points.
WHARFS tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FERNSHAWS at 15 points; next come AFRESH and FASHES on 12. ANSWER, SHARES and WASHER will look familiar.
WHARF scores highest among the 5-letter words from FERNSHAWS at 14 points, ahead of FAWNS and FRESH on 11. SHARE, FEARS and FARES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from FERNSHAWS; 16 of them share the top score of 10. NEWS, SAFE and HEAR are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in FERNSHAWS, the top score is 9, reached by 7. ARE, NEW and WAS are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of FERNSHAWS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with FE · ending in WS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by WHARFS (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: FERNSHAWS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERNSHAWS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 247) | 203 | 247 | 192 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FERNSHAWS, FERNSHAW, SWERFS, WASHEN, WHARES, SWERF, WERSH, WHARE, WHEAR, FAWS, FEWS, WHAE and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHWAS, FAHS, SHWA, FAH, SNARFS, SNARF, SESH, AHS, FES, EW and FE, 11 in all.