Unscramble SCHLEMIEL and you have 211 words, SCHLEMIEL itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CHEMISE and SCHEMIE lead with 14 points. 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 SCHLEMIEL split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 26 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Of the 26 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SCHLEMIEL, 5 score 13 points, the group's best. SCHEME, CHIMES and CHILLS are the ones most people know.
Among 57 5-letter words from SCHLEMIEL, the top score is 12, reached by 7. MILES, CELLS and HILLS are the familiar ones.
CHEM, MECH and MICH share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words from SCHLEMIEL. CELL, HILL and SEEM are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SCHLEMIEL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SC · ending in EL · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CHEMISE (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SCHLEMIEL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHLEMIEL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 160 | 210 | 148 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 50 of them: SCHEMIE, SCHELM, SMEECH, ELICHES, MISCH, CHESIL, ELCHIS, ELICHE, MICH, SLEECH, ELCHI, HIEMS and 38 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: CHEMS, MECHS, CHEM, MECH, CELLIES, EMICS, HIMS, CELLIE, MEH, MICS, MIC and MES. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: HEMI.
This word takes every letter of SCHLEMIEL plus a single extra one.