Unscramble HANDCRAFTS and you have 274 words, HANDCRAFTS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HANDCRAFT, 18 points. The 10 letters split into 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HANDCRAFTS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 4 with 8, 18 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words from HANDCRAFTS, CHAFTS and FRATCH tie for first at 14 points. CHARTS, CRAFTS and STRAND are everyday picks.
CHAFT scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDCRAFTS at 13 points, ahead of CHADS and CHARD on 11. CARDS, HANDS and FACTS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from HANDCRAFTS, the top score is 10, reached by 5. CARD, HARD and HAND are the familiar ones.
FAH tops the 3-letter words in HANDCRAFTS at 9 points; next come ACH and CAF on 8. CAN, HAS and HAD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HANDCRAFTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with HA · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HANDCARTS and HANDFAST (15 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HANDCRAFTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDCRAFTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 274) | 196 | 274 | 174 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHAFTS, FRATCH, CHAFT, TRASHCAN, ACANTHS, ASHRAF, CHARTAS, ACANTH, ACHARS, CHARTA, DAFTARS, FANTADS and 66 more, 78 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAFARDS, CAFARD, CHANAS, CATHS, CHANA, FACTA, FAHS, FANARTS, CAFS, CATH, FAH, FANART and 10 more, 22 in all.
This word takes every letter of HANDCRAFTS plus a single extra one.