296 words come out when you unscramble NEWSFLASHES, starting with NEWSFLASHES itself: 20 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, NEWSFLASH leads with 18 points. 11 letters: 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from NEWSFLASHES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 5 with 8, 24 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words made with NEWSFLASHES letters: HALFNESSES, 16 points.
Among 24 7-letter words from NEWSFLASHES, the top score is 13, reached by 8. FLASHES, HASSLES and SLASHES are the familiar ones.
16 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NEWSFLASHES tie at 12 points; none scores more. WHEELS, LENSES and HASSLE will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from NEWSFLASHES, the top score is 11, reached by 23. FLASH, FALSE and WHEEL are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words in NEWSFLASHES; 20 of them share the top score of 10. NEWS, FEEL and HALF are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with NEWSFLASHES letters, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. NEW, WAS and HAS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of NEWSFLASHES for another and you can spell this word:
More 11-letter words: starting with NE · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HALFNESSES (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: NEWSFLASHES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEWSFLASHES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 296) | 227 | 294 | 214 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
67 of the 296 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NEWSFLASHES, NEWSFLASH, AWHEELS, ENFLESH, SHEWELS, AWHEEL, FLAWNS, HALFEN, SHELFS, SHEWEL, WASHEN, FLAWN and 55 more. 13 of the 296 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHWAS, FAHS, SHWA, FAH, NEWSES, SESHES, LAHS, AHS, EEW, FES, LAH, EW and 1 more. 2 of the 296 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS and ALF.