Unscramble HANDBOOKS and you have 223 words, HANDBOOKS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. HANDBOOK is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from HANDBOOKS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 3 with 7, 13 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
DHAKS scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDBOOKS at 13 points, ahead of ANKHS and HANKS on 12. BOOKS, HANDS and BANKS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDBOOKS is DHAK, 12 points; ANKH and HANK on 11 follow. BOOK, HAND and BANK are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words from HANDBOOKS are led by BOK, KAB and KOB, 9 points each. HAS, HAD and ASK are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HANDBOOKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
HANDBOOKS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HANDBOOKS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDBOOKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 223) | 161 | 223 | 140 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: BANDOOKS, BANDOOK, BANDHS, BHOONAS, HOKAS, KOBANS, KOHAS, SOKAH, BANDH, BHOONA, BOAKS, BOKOS and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: KOBOS, BOHOS, BOHO, DOSHA, ODAHS, DOHS, DOOBS, DOSH, ODAH, DOH, NOOBS, AHS and 9 more.