Unscramble LANGSHANS and you have 139 words, LANGSHANS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from LANGSHANS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 12 with 6, 38 with 5, 45 with 4, 31 with 3 and 10 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in LANGSHANS: LANGSHAN, 12 points.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with LANGSHANS letters: SANGHAS, for 11 points.
6 of 38 5-letter words from LANGSHANS tie at 9 points; none scores more. GLASS, SALSA and SLASH will look familiar.
Of the 45 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LANGSHANS, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. HANG, GALS and SAGA are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LANGSHANS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LA · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
LANGSHANS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LANGSHANS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANGSHANS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 139) | 117 | 139 | 106 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NAHALS, NAHAL, SHANS, ALANGS, HASS, NGANAS, SHAN, HAN, NGANA, SAAGS, SANGS, GANS and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SANGHAS, SANGHA, LAHS, AHS, LAH, NAGAS, NAGA, NALAS, AGS, NALA and SAN, 11 in all.