Unscramble HINDSHANK and you have 165 words, HINDSHANK itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
H43I1N12D2S1H43A1N12K5
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HINDSHANK split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 30 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in HINDSHANK: DANKISH, for 15 points.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HINDSHANK are led by DHAKS and KHADI, 13 points each. HANDS, KINDS and KINDA are the familiar ones.
DHAK scores highest among the 4-letter words from HINDSHANK at 12 points, ahead of ANKH and HAIK on 11. HAND, KIDS and KIND are the ones most people know.
KHI tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HINDSHANK at 10 points; next come HAH and SHH on 9. HAS, HAD and ASK will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HINDSHANK but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HI · ending in NK · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SHAIKH (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HINDSHANK, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HINDSHANK itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 125 | 165 | 107 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
40 of the 165 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DANKISH, HASK, KISH, DANKS, DIKAS, HISH, KAIDS, AHIND, DIKA, IKANS, KAID, KISAN and 28 more. 18 of the 165 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HINDSHANK, SHAIKH, NIKAHS, SHAHID, NIKAH, KINDA, SIDH, SIKA, AHIS, KIS, AHI, AHS and 6 more.
With one more tile, the letters of HINDSHANK spell the words below.