Unscramble HANDSHAKE and you have 205 words, HANDSHAKE itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SHADKHAN, 19 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HANDSHAKE split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 19 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 19 with 2.
SHADKHAN is the only one of the 8-letter words in HANDSHAKE; it scores 19 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDSHAKE, DHAKS and KHEDA tie for first at 13 points. ASKED, HANDS and NAKED are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from HANDSHAKE, DHAK leads with 12 points, then ANKH and HAKA on 11. HAND, HEAD and ENDS are the familiar ones.
HAH, HEH and SHH are the top 3-letter words in HANDSHAKE, 9 points each. HAS, HAD and END will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HANDSHAKE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in KE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SHADKHAN (19 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. HANDSHAKE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDSHAKE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 205) | 153 | 205 | 138 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AKEDAHS, KHANDAS, AKEDAH, KHANDA, SHAKED, ASHAKE, HAKEAS, KANEHS, HAKAS, HAKEA, KANEH, HAKA and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHADKHAN, DHANSAK, DANSAK, ENDASH, HADEAN, SKED, AHED, SHEN, AHS, DANS, DAN, DAS and 3 more, 15 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of HANDSHAKE and one more.