198 words come out when you unscramble SERFSHIPS, starting with SERFSHIPS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. SERFSHIP is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SERFSHIPS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 9 with 7, 25 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 15 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in SERFSHIPS: SERFSHIP, 16 points.
Among the 6-letter words from SERFSHIPS, FISHER, FISHES and SHERIF tie for first at 12 points. SPIRES, PERISH and SEPSIS are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SERFSHIPS, FRESH leads with 11 points, then HESPS and PREIF on 10. PRESS, SHIPS and FIRES are the familiar ones.
Among the 4-letter words in SERFSHIPS, FEHS and FISH tie for first at 10 points. FIRE, SHIP and HIRE are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words made with SERFSHIPS letters, FEH leads with 9 points, then HEP and HIP on 8. SIR, PIE and RIP are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SERFSHIPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SE · ending in PS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FISHERS, SERFISH and SHERIFS (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts SERFSHIPS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERFSHIPS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 198) | 153 | 197 | 146 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
44 of the 198 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SERFSHIPS, SERFSHIP, SERIPHS, PREIFS, PRIEFS, SERIPH, HESPS, PREIF, PRIEF, SPIFS, HESP, SEHRIS and 32 more. 7 of the 198 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PISHERS, PISHER, HEPS, SESH, FES, SEPS and FE. 1 of the 198 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.