Unscramble HANDSTAMPS to get 245 words. HANDSTAMPS itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
H43A1N12D2S1T1A1M34P34S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HANDSTAMPS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 34 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
The best of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDSTAMPS is PASHMS, 13 points; ASHMAN and ASHPAN on 11 follow. STANDS, STAMPS and ASTHMA are everyday picks.
PASHM scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDSTAMPS at 12 points, ahead of AMAHS and DAMPS on 10. HANDS, PANTS and STAMP are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from HANDSTAMPS, the top score is 9, reached by 13. HAND, MAPS and PATH are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words in HANDSTAMPS tie at 8 points; none scores more. HAS, HAD and MAP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HANDSTAMPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with HA · ending in PS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PHANTASMS (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: HANDSTAMPS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDSTAMPS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 245) | 194 | 245 | 168 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HANDPASS, HANAPS, PADMAS, PASSMAN, TAPSMAN, ADHANS, HANAP, PADMA, SHAMA, SHANDS, SHAPS, ADHAN and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HANDSTAMPS, HANDSTAMP, PASHMS, ASHPANS, MAHANTS, PASHM, ASHPAN, MAHANT, ASSHAT, SHASTA, SPAMS, MANATS and 14 more, 26 in all.