Unscramble FIRESHIPS and you have 207 words, FIRESHIPS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
F4I1R1E1S1H43I1P34S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FIRESHIPS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 28 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 15 with 2.
FISHER, FISHES and SHERIF share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FIRESHIPS. SPIRES and PERISH are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words from FIRESHIPS is FRESH, 11 points; HESPS and PREIF on 10 follow. PRESS, SHIPS and FIRES are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FIRESHIPS are led by FEHS and FISH, 10 points each. FIRE, SHIP and HIRE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of FIRESHIPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FI · ending in PS · all 9-letter words
What FIRESHIPS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FIRESHIPS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIRESHIPS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 207) | 156 | 206 | 143 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
50 of the 207 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SERFSHIP, SERIPHS, PREIFS, PRIEFS, SERIPH, HESPS, PREIF, PRIEF, SPIFS, FIRIES, HESP, SEHRIS and 38 more. 13 of the 207 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FIRESHIPS, FIRESHIP, PISHERS, PISHER, HISSIER, REISHIS, HEPS, PISSIER, REISHI, SESH, FES, SEPS and 1 more. 1 of the 207 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.