Unscramble NUTSHELLS to get 190 words. NUTSHELLS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
N12U12T1S1H43E1L12L12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NUTSHELLS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 22 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 15 with 2.
10 of 22 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NUTSHELLS tie at 9 points; none scores more. SUNSET, SHELLS and HUSTLE will look familiar.
Of the 46 5-letter words from NUTSHELLS, 20 score 8 points, the group's best. SHELL, TELLS and SELLS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with NUTSHELLS letters; 25 of them share the top score of 7. THEN, LESS and SELL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of NUTSHELLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NU · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of NUTSHELLS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NUTSHELLS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUTSHELLS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 163 | 190 | 152 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
27 of the 190 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHULES, THUSES, HULES, SHETS, SHULE, SNUSH, UNETH, HULE, HUSS, NESH, SHET, SULLENS and 15 more. 11 of the 190 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SESH, SHEN, SENTS, ESTS, LUNS, EST, LUN, SUS, TES, UTE and TE.