Unscramble HEADCASES to get 175 words. HEADCASES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CHASSEED and HEADCASE lead with 14 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HEADCASES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 3 with 7, 17 with 6, 43 with 5, 56 with 4, 37 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HEADCASES, CASHED, CHASED and DACHAS tie for first at 12 points. SHADES, CEASED and CEASES are everyday picks.
Of the 43 5-letter words from HEADCASES, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. CASES, AHEAD and HEADS are the ones most people know.
CHAD tops the 4-letter words in HEADCASES at 10 points; next come ACHE and CASH on 9. EACH, CASE and HEAD will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of HEADCASES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with HE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CHASSED (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: HEADCASES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEADCASES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 134 | 175 | 127 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HEADCASES, CHASSEED, HEADCASE, SECESH, SECHS, CADEES, CHAS, EECH, SECH, ACH, AESCES, CAAED and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AHED, SESH, AHS, DAS, EDS, ESSE and DA, 7 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of HEADCASES plus a single extra one.