Unscramble HANDSPIKES to get 325 words. HANDSPIKES itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HANDSPIKE leads with 19 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HANDSPIKES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 12 with 8, 40 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
PEAKISH tops the 7-letter words from HANDSPIKES at 16 points; next come DANKISH and DASHEKI on 15. SAPIENS, SPANKED and KINASES will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDSPIKES, 4 score 14 points, the group's best. SHAPED, DISHES and SPEAKS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words from HANDSPIKES is KAPHS, 14 points; DHAKS and HIKED on 13 follow. ASKED, KINDS and SPEAK are everyday picks.
KAPH tops the 4-letter words in HANDSPIKES at 13 points; next come DHAK on 12 and ANKH on 11. KIDS, KIND and SHIP will look familiar.
KHI scores highest among the 3-letter words made with HANDSPIKES letters at 10 points, ahead of KEP and KIP on 9. HAS, HAD and ASK are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of HANDSPIKES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with HA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SKINHEADS (17 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HANDSPIKES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDSPIKES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 325) | 252 | 321 | 235 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
71 of the 325 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DASHEKIS, DANKISH, DASHEKI, SKIDPANS, SNEAKISH, ENDSHIPS, INKPADS, PISSHEAD, SAKIEHS, SHAKED, SKIDPAN, SPINKED and 59 more. 19 of the 325 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SNAKISH, NIKAHS, DANISHES, NIKAH, DESHIS, ENDASH, KINDA, PAKS, SHENAIS, HEPS, PAK, SKED and 7 more. 2 of the 325 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: SHIKSA and SHIKSE. 2 of the 325 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: SPIKS and SPIK.