Unscramble HANDPRESSES and you have 358 words, HANDPRESSES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are SHARPENED and HANDPRESS, 15 points each. The 11 letters split into 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HANDPRESSES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 9 with 9, 24 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in HANDPRESSES: HARDNESSES, 14 points.
4 of 24 8-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDPRESSES tie at 14 points; none scores more. HARDNESS will look familiar.
Among 60 7-letter words from HANDPRESSES, the top score is 13, reached by 6. HEADERS, PHRASES and PRESSED are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 6-letter words in HANDPRESSES tie at 12 points; none scores more. SHARED, HEADER and PHRASE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with HANDPRESSES letters, 16 score 10 points, the group's best. HANDS, HEARD and PHASE are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDPRESSES tie at 9 points; none scores more. HERE, HARD and HAND will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from HANDPRESSES, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. ARE, HAS and HAD are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of HANDPRESSES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with HA · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SHARPENED (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HANDPRESSES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDPRESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 358) | 273 | 358 | 252 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PREHENDS, SHAPENED, PREHEND, SPHAERES, SPHEARES, ADPRESSES, HESPED, PANDERESS, PHESED, SEPHENS, SHAPENS, SPHAERE and 73 more, 85 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ENDASHES, HEAPERS, PHASERS, HANDERS, HEAPER, PHASER, ENDASH, HANDER, HEPS, PANEERS, AHED, NAPED and 9 more, 21 in all.