Unscramble FISHCAKES to get 237 words. FISHCAKES itself is a real word: 21 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FISHCAKES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in FISHCAKES: FISHCAKE, for 20 points.
Among 29 6-letter words from FISHCAKES, the top score is 15, reached by 5. CHIEFS, FISHES and SHAKES are the familiar ones.
KHAFS scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FISHCAKES at 15 points, ahead of CHEKA and CHIKS on 14. CASES, CHIEF and FACES are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words made with FISHCAKES letters, KHAF leads with 14 points, then CHIK and FECK on 13. EACH, FACE and CASH are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble FISHCAKES; 4 of them share the top score of 10. HAS, ASK and ASS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of FISHCAKES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HACKIES and SHICKSA (16 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FISHCAKES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHCAKES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 182 | 232 | 163 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
53 of the 237 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FISHCAKES, FISHCAKE, CHEKAS, CHEKA, CHIKS, SAKIEHS, CHIK, FAIKES, KISHES, SAKIEH, FAIKS, FIKES and 41 more. 20 of the 237 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HAICKS, HAICK, FAKIES, FAKIE, CHAIS, FAHS, ICKS, ACK, CAFS, CHAI, FAH, SIKAS and 8 more. 3 of the 237 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: SHICKSA, SHIKSA and SHIKSE. 1 of the 237 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: HAFIS. 1 of the 237 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of FISHCAKES and one more.