214 words come out when you unscramble HAWKSBILLS, starting with HAWKSBILLS itself: 22 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HAWKSBILLS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 3 with 8, 5 with 7, 16 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HAWKSBILLS, WHISKS leads with 16 points, then KIBLAH on 15 and LAKISH on 13. SKILLS and SHAWLS are the familiar ones.
HAWKS, WHILK and WHISK share the top score of 15 among the 5-letter words from HAWKSBILLS. BASIS, HILLS and BILLS are the ones most people know.
HAWK tops the 4-letter words in HAWKSBILLS at 14 points; next come BAWK on 13 and AWKS on 11. WISH, HILL and HALL will look familiar.
The 3-letter words made with HAWKSBILLS letters are led by AWK, KAW and KHI, 10 points each. ALL, WAS and HAS are the familiar ones.
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HAWKBILLS (21 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HAWKSBILLS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWKSBILLS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 214) | 175 | 213 | 160 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 39 of them: BASHLIKS, BASHLIK, WHILK, LAKISH, HASKS, LAWKS, SIWASH, SKAWS, AWKS, HASK, KAWS, KISH and 27 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: BAWKS, BAWK, SHWAS, SHWA, BISH, SIKAS, SIKA, WALIS, AHIS, KIS, LAHS, AHI and 3 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: SHIKSA.