Unscramble SCHELLIES to get 177 words. SCHELLIES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 7 shorter words score 12, among them HELICES, CHISELS and CHESILS. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SCHELLIES split into 1 with 9 letters, 11 with 7, 27 with 6, 43 with 5, 54 with 4, 30 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 letters.
27 6-letter words in SCHELLIES; 13 of them share the top score of 11. SHELLS, SLICES and CHILLS are everyday picks.
Among 43 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SCHELLIES, the top score is 10, reached by 9. CELLS, HILLS and SHELL are the familiar ones.
8 of 54 4-letter words from SCHELLIES tie at 9 points; none scores more. LESS, SELL and CELL will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SCHELLIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SC · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CHISELS, HELICES, LICHEES and SEICHES (12 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts SCHELLIES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHELLIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 124 | 177 | 120 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: SCHELLIES, CHESILS, CHESSEL, ELICHES, CHESIL, ELCHIS, ELICHE, SECESH, SLEECH, ELCHI, ICHES, SECHS and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: CELLIES, CELLIE, SESH and ESSE.
Each word below uses all the letters of SCHELLIES and one more.