Unscramble HELPDESKS and you have 172 words, HELPDESKS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HELPDESKS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 18 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 30 with 3 and 9 with 2.
HELPDESK is the only one of the 8-letter words made with HELPDESKS letters; it scores 18 points.
KELPED, KESHES and SHEKEL share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HELPDESKS. HELPED, SPEEDS and SLEEPS are the ones most people know.
Among 50 5-letter words from HELPDESKS, the top score is 11, reached by 10. SPEED, HELPS and SLEEP are the familiar ones.
KESH tops the 4-letter words made with HELPDESKS letters at 11 points; next come KEEP and KELP on 10. HELP, HELD and DEEP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HELPDESKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HE · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
What HELPDESKS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HELPDESKS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HELPDESKS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 130 | 172 | 117 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KESHES, DELPHS, HESPED, PHESED, PLESHES, SPELKS, DELPH, KESH, PHESES, SPEKS, SPELK, HESPS and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HELPDESKS, HELPDESK, SKEDS, HEPS, SKED, DEPS, EEK, SESH, DEP, LEDES, SEPS, LEDE and 1 more, 13 in all.