Unscramble SCHIMMEL and you have 141 words, SCHIMMEL itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. CHEMISM is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SCHIMMEL split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 12 with 6, 31 with 5, 44 with 4, 37 with 3 and 15 with 2.
CHEMISM is the only one of the 7-letter words made with SCHIMMEL letters; it scores 16 points.
7 of 31 5-letter words from SCHIMMEL tie at 12 points; none scores more. MILES, SMILE and SLICE will look familiar.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SCHIMMEL are led by CHEM, MECH and MICH, 11 points each. MESH, MILE and SEMI are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SCHIMMEL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SC · ending in EL · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CHEMISM (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SCHIMMEL is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHIMMEL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 141) | 113 | 140 | 103 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCHIMMEL, SCHELM, MISCH, CHESIL, ELCHIS, MICH, ELCHI, HIEMS, ICHES, MELICS, CLEMS, SCLIM and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CHEMS, MECHS, CHEM, MECH, EMICS, HIMS, MEH, MICS, MIC and MES, 10 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
This word takes every letter of SCHIMMEL plus a single extra one.