234 words come out when you unscramble PLANCHES, starting with PLANCHES itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CHAPELS, PECHANS and PLANCHE, 14 points each. 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 PLANCHES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
28 6-letter words made with PLANCHES letters; 9 of them share the top score of 13. PLACES, PANELS and CHAPEL are everyday picks.
7 of 60 5-letter words from PLANCHES tie at 12 points; none scores more. PLACE, SPACE and CHEAP will look familiar.
CAPH, CHAP and PECH share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PLANCHES. HELP, EACH and CASE are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in PLANCHES; 8 of them share the top score of 8. CAN, HAS and SEC are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PLANCHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PL · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
PLANCHES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PLANCHES, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLANCHES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 234) | 189 | 234 | 181 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, *Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: CHELPS, CHELP, CANEHS, SEALCH, CANEH, CAPLES, CHALS, NACHE, PANCES, PLESH, CALPS, CAPLE and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: LANCHES, LANCH, HEPS, LAHS, SHEN, CALS, LAH and CAL.
Each word below uses all the letters of PLANCHES and one more.