Unscramble NORTHWESTS and you have 308 words, NORTHWESTS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. NORTHWEST is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 10 letters: 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from NORTHWESTS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 6 with 8, 36 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in NORTHWESTS: NORTHWEST, 15 points.
Among 36 7-letter words from NORTHWESTS, the top score is 13, reached by 6. SHOWERS, HORNETS and SHORTEN are the familiar ones.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NORTHWESTS; 16 of them share the top score of 12. OWNERS, SHOWER and HORSES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with NORTHWESTS letters, 23 score 11 points, the group's best. OTHER, NORTH and SHOWS are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NORTHWESTS tie at 10 points; none scores more. NEWS, SHOW and HOST will look familiar.
HEW, HOW and WHO share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words from NORTHWESTS. NOT, NEW and ONE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of NORTHWESTS for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with NO · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by RESHOWN, RESHOWS, SHOWERS and TROWTHS (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NORTHWESTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHWESTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 308) | 248 | 308 | 232 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: STREWTH, THROWES, HOWRES, REWTHS, SHROWS, SOWTHS, THEOWS, THROWE, HOWRE, REWTH, SHROW, SOWTH and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: TWONESS, HOSERS, HOSER, SHERO, HOSS, OWTS, SESH, SHEN, STETSON, HOS, OWT, SHO and 4 more.