208 words come out when you unscramble HANDSTAMP, starting with HANDSTAMP itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PHANTASM leads with 15 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HANDSTAMP by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 18 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
PHANTASM is the only one of the 8-letter words in HANDSTAMP; it scores 15 points.
Among the 5-letter words from HANDSTAMP, PASHM leads with 12 points, then AMAHS and DAMPS on 10. HANDS, STAND and PANTS are the familiar ones.
13 of 60 4-letter words from HANDSTAMP tie at 9 points; none scores more. HAND, PAST and MAPS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in HANDSTAMP, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. HAS, HAD and MAP are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of HANDSTAMP for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in MP · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PHANTASM (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: HANDSTAMP is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDSTAMP itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 164 | 208 | 144 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
44 of the 208 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HANAPS, PADMAS, TAPSMAN, ADHANS, HANAP, PADMA, SHAMA, ADHAN, MAHA, PAHS, SHAND, THANAS and 32 more. 20 of the 208 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HANDSTAMP, MAHANTS, PASHM, ASHPAN, MAHANT, MANATS, SPAM, MANAT, NAPAS, PAANS, AHS, MASA and 8 more.
This word takes every letter of HANDSTAMP plus a single extra one.