Unscramble HEADCASE and you have 127 words, HEADCASE itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CHASED, CASHED and DACHAS lead with 12 points. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HEADCASE split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 6, 27 with 5, 43 with 4, 35 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 7 letters.
4 of 27 5-letter words made with HEADCASE letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. AHEAD, HEADS and CHASE will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HEADCASE, CHAD leads with 10 points, then ACHE and CASH on 9. EACH, CASE and HEAD are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HEADCASE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HE · ending in SE · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CASHED, CHASED and DACHAS (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: HEADCASE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEADCASE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 127) | 99 | 127 | 94 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
28 of the 127 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HEADCASE, CADEES, CHAS, EECH, SECH, ACH, CAAED, CADEE, CHA, CHE, ECADS, ECH and 16 more. 5 of the 127 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AHED, AHS, DAS, EDS and DA.
These 5 words take every letter of HEADCASE plus a single extra one.