142 words come out when you unscramble HELPDESK, starting with HELPDESK itself: 18 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HELPDESK split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 7 with 6, 35 with 5, 60 with 4, 29 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in HELPDESK: SKELPED, for 14 points.
Among 35 5-letter words from HELPDESK, the top score is 11, reached by 8. SPEED, HELPS and SLEEP are the familiar ones.
KESH tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HELPDESK at 11 points; next come KEEP and KELP on 10. HELP, HELD and DEEP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HELPDESK but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HE · ending in SK · all 8-letter words
HELPDESK first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HELPDESK, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HELPDESK itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 110 | 142 | 101 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DELPHS, HESPED, PHESED, DELPH, KESH, SPELK, PHESE, PLESH, SPEK, DEEK, HELED, HESP and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HELPDESK, HEPS, SKED, DEPS, EEK, DEP, LEDES, LEDE and EDS, 9 in all.
This word takes every letter of HELPDESK plus a single extra one.