Unscramble HANDSTROKES and you have 375 words, HANDSTROKES itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HANDSTROKE leads with 18 points. The 11 letters split into 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from HANDSTROKES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 3 with 9, 31 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 39 with 2.
HANDSTROKE is the only one of the 10-letter words made with HANDSTROKES letters; it scores 18 points.
4 of 31 8-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDSTROKES tie at 16 points; none scores more. DARKNESS, SENATORS and ASSORTED will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from HANDSTROKES, 5 score 15 points, the group's best. HANDSET, HARDEST and THANKED are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words made with HANDSTROKES letters, the top score is 14, reached by 6. THANKS, DEATHS and RANKED are the familiar ones.
DHAKS, HOKED and KHEDA share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDSTROKES. DEATH, ASKED and THANK are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words from HANDSTROKES is DHAK, 12 points; ANKH and HAKE on 11 follow. HARD, HAND and HEAD are everyday picks.
DAK and KED are the top 3-letter words in HANDSTROKES, 8 points each. HAS, HAD and HOT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of HANDSTROKES for another and you can spell this word:
More 11-letter words: starting with HA · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by KNOTHEADS and REDSHANKS (17 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HANDSTROKES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDSTROKES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 375) | 286 | 375 | 250 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 89 of them: HANDSTROKES, HANDSTROKE, HARDOKES, HARDOKE, SHAKED, SKARTHS, DARKNETS, KANEHS, SKARTH, SOKAHS, DARKNET, HASKS and 77 more. Words With Friends* skips 36 of them: KNOTHEADS, KNOTHEAD, HORKED, HORKS, SNARKED, STONKED, STONKERS, TRANKED, DROKES, HANDERS, HORK, REKNOTS and 24 more.