219 words come out when you unscramble HANDHELDS, starting with HANDHELDS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. HANDHELD and SHEDHAND are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HANDHELDS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 27 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 20 with 2.
HASHED tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDHELDS at 13 points; next come DALEDH and DASHED on 11. HANDLE, HANDED and SADDLE will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from HANDHELDS, HADED leads with 10 points, then ASHED and DAHLS on 9. DEALS, HANDS and LEADS are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words from HANDHELDS tie at 10 points; none scores more. SEND, HAND and HEAD will look familiar.
HAH, HEH and SHH share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words in HANDHELDS. HAS, HAD and ADD are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HANDHELDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
HANDHELDS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HANDHELDS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDHELDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 219) | 184 | 219 | 172 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 35 of them: SHEDHAND, HADDEN, HALSED, HEALDS, HEALD, HENDS, SHAND, DALEDS, HADS, HALSE, HEND, DALED and 23 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: ENDASH, AHED, LAHS, SHEN, AHS, LAH, DANS, DAN, DAS, EDS, DA and SAN.