Unscramble MANHANDLES to get 279 words. MANHANDLES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. MANHANDLE is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MANHANDLES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 14 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with MANHANDLES letters: MANHANDLE, for 15 points.
Of the 52 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MANHANDLES, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. HANDLE, MEDALS and ANNALS are the ones most people know.
HAMED tops the 5-letter words made with MANHANDLES letters at 11 points; next come ALMAH and ALMEH on 10. HANDS, NAMED and AHEAD will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MANHANDLES; 12 of them share the top score of 9. MADE, HAND and HEAD are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words from MANHANDLES are led by HAM, HEM and MEH, 8 points each. HAS, HAD and END are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MANHANDLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HEADSMAN (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MANHANDLES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANHANDLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 279) | 236 | 279 | 219 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: ASHAME, HAMED, MANEHS, ADHANS, HALSED, HEALDS, MANEH, SHALM, SHAMA, ADHAN, DEMANS, HEALD and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: EMDASH, SHAMAL, ENDASH, HADEAN, MENSH, AHED, MEH, LAHS, MEDS, SHEN, AHS, LAH and 5 more.