121 words come out when you unscramble HANDSTAND, starting with HANDSTAND itself: 14 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
H43A1N12D2S1T1A1N12D2
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HANDSTAND split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 24 with 5, 41 with 4, 33 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 8 letters.
DADAH tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDSTAND at 10 points; next come ADHAN and HADST on 9. HANDS and STAND will look familiar.
Among 41 4-letter words from HANDSTAND, the top score is 8, reached by 5. DATA, HAND and SAND are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HANDSTAND but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in ND · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 4 strongest answers mean; HADST and HANDS (9 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HANDSTAND, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDSTAND itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 121) | 81 | 121 | 73 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
40 of the 121 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DADAHS, ADHANS, DADAH, TANNAHS, THANNAS, ADHAN, SHAND, TANNAH, THANAS, THANNA, HADS, HASTA and 28 more. 8 of the 121 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AHS, DANS, DAN, DAS, STAN, ATS, DA and SAN.
Each word below uses all the letters of HANDSTAND and one more.