Unscramble PELLOCKS and you have 141 words, PELLOCKS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PELLOCK, 15 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PELLOCKS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 3 with 6, 35 with 5, 57 with 4, 33 with 3 and 11 with 2.
PELLOCK is the only one of the 7-letter words made with PELLOCKS letters; it scores 15 points.
PECKS, POCKS and SPECK share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words from PELLOCKS. CLOSE, CELLS and SCOPE are the ones most people know.
PECK and POCK are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PELLOCKS, 12 points each. SELL, CELL and LOSE will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of PELLOCKS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with PE · ending in KS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PECKS, POCKS and SPECK (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PELLOCKS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PELLOCKS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 141) | 112 | 141 | 102 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
29 of the 141 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PELLOCKS, PELLOCK, CLOKES, CLOKE, POLKS, SPELK, POLK, SPEK, KELLS, LOKES, ELLOPS, KELL and 17 more. 10 of the 141 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SKELL, SKOL, ECOS, LOCS, OK, ECO, LOC, POS, SOC and PO.