Unscramble HANDFEEDS and you have 211 words, HANDFEEDS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HANDFEED, 16 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HANDFEEDS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 22 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 21 with 2.
The best of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDFEEDS is FASHED, 13 points; DASHED and DEFEND on 11 follow. HEADED, HANDED and SHADED are everyday picks.
SHEAF scores highest among the 5-letter words from HANDFEEDS at 11 points, ahead of FADED and HADED on 10. NEEDS, HANDS and ENDED are the ones most people know.
FAHS, FASH and FEHS are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDFEEDS, 10 points each. NEED, SEND and HAND will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from HANDFEEDS, FAH and FEH tie for first at 9 points. HAS, SEE and HAD are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HANDFEEDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SHEAFED (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: HANDFEEDS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDFEEDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 166 | 211 | 149 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
45 of the 211 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HANDFEEDS, HANDFEED, HANDFED, FANDED, HADDEN, HENDED, FANDS, HENDS, NEAFES, SAFED, SHAND, EHED and 33 more. 17 of the 211 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HEADENDS, HEADEND, ENDASH, FAHS, FAH, AHED, DEF, SHEN, AHS, FES, DANS, FE and 5 more.