Unscramble SCHISMAS and you have 117 words, SCHISMAS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 14: 4 of them, SCHISMS, CHIASMS and SCHISMA included. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SCHISMAS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 5 with 6, 19 with 5, 42 with 4, 32 with 3 and 13 with 2.
CHAM, MACH and MICH share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words from SCHISMAS. CASH, MASS and MISS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SCHISMAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SC · ending in AS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CHIASMS, SCHISMS and SIMCHAS (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: SCHISMAS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHISMAS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 117) | 92 | 117 | 80 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 25 of them: SCHISMAS, SCHISMA, MACHI, MISCH, MICH, MIHAS, CHAS, MIHA, SICH, ACH, CHA, CH and 13 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: SIMCHAS, SIMCHA, CHAIS, CAMIS, CHAI, HIMS, CAMI, MICS, AHIS, MIC, AHI and AHS.
This word takes every letter of SCHISMAS plus a single extra one.