Unscramble LANDSHARKS and you have 226 words, LANDSHARKS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is LANDSHARK, 17 points. The 10 letters split into 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
L12A1N12D2S1H43A1R1K5S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from LANDSHARKS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 12 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in LANDSHARKS: LANDSHARK, for 17 points.
KHANDA tops the 6-letter words from LANDSHARKS at 14 points; next come KAHALS and KASHAS on 13. SHARKS, SALADS and SANDAL will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words made with LANDSHARKS letters is DHAKS, 13 points; ANKHS and HAKAS on 12 follow. HANDS, LANDS and RANKS are everyday picks.
DHAK scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LANDSHARKS at 12 points, ahead of ANKH and HAKA on 11. HARD, HAND and LAND are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of LANDSHARKS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with LA · ending in KS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DHANSAKS (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
LANDSHARKS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANDSHARKS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 173 | 226 | 160 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
53 of the 226 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LANDSHARKS, LANDSHARK, KHANDAS, KHANDA, RAKSHAS, KAHALS, HAKAS, HASKS, KAHAL, HAKA, HASK, ADHANS and 41 more. 13 of the 226 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DHANSAKS, DHANSAK, DANSAKS, DANSAK, HARDASS, LAHS, AHS, LAH, DANS, DAN, DAS, DA and 1 more.