Unscramble HEADSHAKE and you have 141 words, HEADSHAKE itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, KHEDAHS leads with 18 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 HEADSHAKE split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 7 with 6, 24 with 5, 51 with 4, 39 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HEADSHAKE, DHAK leads with 12 points, then HAKA and HAKE on 11. HEAD, DESK and SEEK are the familiar ones.
These 4 words have the length of HEADSHAKE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with HE · ending in KE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with KHEDAHS (18 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HEADSHAKE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEADSHAKE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 141) | 110 | 141 | 102 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 31 of them: HEADSHAKE, AKEDAHS, AKEDAH, SHAKED, ASHAKE, HAKEAS, HAKAS, HAKEA, HAKA, HASK, KESH, KADES and 19 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: SHAHEED, SKED, AHED, EEK, AHS, DAS, EDS and DA.
Each word below uses all the letters of HEADSHAKE and one more.