Unscramble HANDSEL to get 187 words. HANDSEL itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: HANDLES. The best shorter words score 10: 6 of them, HANDLE, LASHED and ENDASH included. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of HANDSEL in one turn: 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50), 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
H43A1N12D2S1E1L12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HANDSEL split into 2 with 7 letters, 12 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 44 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDSEL, 14 score 9 points, the group's best. DEALS, HANDS and LEADS are the ones most people know.
15 of 60 4-letter words from HANDSEL tie at 8 points; none scores more. SEND, HAND and HEAD will look familiar.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDSEL are led by DAH, EDH and HAD, 7 points each. HAS, END and SEA are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of HANDSEL for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with HA · ending in EL · all 7-letter words
What HANDSEL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HANDSEL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDSEL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 187) | 156 | 187 | 143 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
31 of the 187 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HALSED, HEALDS, HEALD, HENDS, SHAND, HADS, HALSE, HEND, LANDES, NESH, SHAN, EHS and 19 more. 13 of the 187 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ENDASH, AHED, LAHS, SHEN, AHS, LAH, DANS, DAN, DAS, EDS, NAES, DA and 1 more.
These 8 words take every letter of HANDSEL plus a single extra one.