288 words come out when you unscramble HANDWORKER, starting with HANDWORKER itself: 21 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HANDWORKER by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 10 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 6-letter words from HANDWORKER, HAWKED and HOWKED tie for first at 17 points. WORKED, WONDER and NARROW are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDWORKER, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. HEARD, NAKED and OWNED are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words in HANDWORKER are led by HAWK and HOWK, 14 points each. WORK, KNOW and DOWN are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 3-letter words made with HANDWORKER letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. NEW, WHO and NOW will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HANDWORKER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with HA · ending in ER · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HANDWORK and HEADWORK (19 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HANDWORKER, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDWORKER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 229 | 288 | 212 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
59 of the 288 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOWKER, HARDOKE, KAWED, WROKEN, AWORK, KANEH, KNOWE, KOHEN, WROKE, HOKA, HOWRE, KHOR and 47 more. 17 of the 288 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HORKED, WANKED, WANKER, WEAKON, KNAWE, WOKER, HORK, WANK, DROKE, HANDER, OAKED, REWORN and 5 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of HANDWORKER and one more.