Unscramble RANKSHIFT and you have 253 words, RANKSHIFT itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is KHARIFS, 17 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
R1A1N12K5S1H43I1F4T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RANKSHIFT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 42 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in RANKSHIFT: RATFINKS, for 15 points.
KHARIF scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RANKSHIFT at 16 points, ahead of FAKIRS and FRANKS on 13. THANKS, THINKS and STRAIN are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from RANKSHIFT, KHAFS leads with 15 points, then ANKHS and FAIKS on 12. THINK, THANK and FAITH are the familiar ones.
KHAF tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RANKSHIFT at 14 points; next come ANKH and FAIK on 11. RISK, FISH and RANK will look familiar.
The 3-letter words from RANKSHIFT are led by KAF, KHI and KIF, 10 points each. HAS, ART and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of RANKSHIFT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RA · ending in FT · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with KHARIFS (17 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts RANKSHIFT, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RANKSHIFT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 253) | 201 | 249 | 184 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
50 of the 253 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RANKSHIFT, FRISKA, SKAITH, SKARTH, TAKHIS, FAIKS, FANKS, FIRKS, SHAKT, TAKHI, FAIK, FANK and 38 more. 18 of the 253 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: KHARIFS, KHARIF, NIKAHS, SHIKRA, NIKAH, FAHS, FAH, HAINTS, IFTARS, KRAIS, SAKTI, KRAI and 6 more. 2 of the 253 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: KAFIRS and KAFIR. 1 of the 253 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: HAFIS. 1 of the 253 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of RANKSHIFT spell the words below.