Unscramble NEWSHAWKS and you have 195 words, NEWSHAWKS itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is NEWSHAWK, 21 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
N12E1W4S1H43A1W4K5S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NEWSHAWKS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 17 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 7 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with NEWSHAWKS letters: NEWSHAWK, 21 points.
HAWKS tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NEWSHAWKS at 15 points; next come WHEWS on 14 and ANKHS on 12. SNAKE, SHAKE and ASHES will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from NEWSHAWKS, HAWK leads with 14 points, then WHEW on 13 and ANKH on 11. NEWS, KNEW and WAKE are the familiar ones.
AWK, EWK and KAW are the top 3-letter words from NEWSHAWKS, 10 points each. NEW, WAS and HAS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of NEWSHAWKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NE · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of NEWSHAWKS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NEWSHAWKS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEWSHAWKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 195) | 156 | 195 | 145 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 39 of them: KANEHS, HASKS, KANEH, SKAWS, WASHEN, AWKS, EWKS, HASK, KAWS, KESH, SKAW, WAWES and 27 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: KNAWES, KNAWE, WANKS, SHWAS, WANK, SHWA, SESH, SHEN, AHS, EW and SAN.