Unscramble PLOWHEAD to get 198 words. PLOWHEAD itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are HOWLED, WHELP and WHALED, 13 points each. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PLOWHEAD split into 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 7 letters.
WHELP tops the 5-letter words made with PLOWHEAD letters at 13 points; next come HAWED on 12 and DELPH on 11. WHOLE, WHALE and HOPED will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from PLOWHEAD, PHEW, WHAP and WHOP tie for first at 12 points. HELP, HEAD and HELD are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PLOWHEAD, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. WHO, HAD and LAW are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PLOWHEAD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PL · ending in AD · all 8-letter words
PLOWHEAD first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PLOWHEAD is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLOWHEAD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 198) | 165 | 197 | 151 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
32 of the 198 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LOWPED, DELPH, POHED, DOWP, WHAE, WOAH, DOWLE, HEALD, HOAED, LOWP, OPALED, OWLED and 20 more. 15 of the 198 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DWALE, PHEO, WELP, AHED, ODAH, PHO, DOH, PALEO, DEP, LAH, APO, EW and 3 more. 1 of the 198 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: HAOLE. 1 of the 198 answers is missing from Scrabble US: WOP.
This word takes every letter of PLOWHEAD plus a single extra one.