Unscramble GAMESHOWS and you have 232 words, GAMESHOWS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GAMESHOW leads with 17 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from GAMESHOWS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 19 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
GAMESHOW is the only one of the 8-letter words made with GAMESHOWS letters; it scores 17 points.
Of the 59 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GAMESHOWS, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. GAMES, SHOWS and SHOES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in GAMESHOWS; 4 of them share the top score of 12. HOME, SHOW and GAME are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with GAMESHOWS letters, the top score is 9, reached by 5. WAS, HAS and WHO are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of GAMESHOWS for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with GA · ending in WS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SHAWMS (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GAMESHOWS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAMESHOWS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 197 | 232 | 176 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 35 of them: GAMESHOWS, GAMESHOW, HAWMS, HAWM, MWAH, AWSOME, HAMOSE, SEAHOGS, MOWAS, SEAHOG, SOWMS, WASMS and 23 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: MOSHES, SHWAS, HOMAS, SHMOE, SHWA, HOMA, HOMS, MOSH, HOM, MEH, HAOS, MASES and 9 more.