Unscramble SHAKEDOWNS and you have 292 words, SHAKEDOWNS itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. SHAKEDOWN is the best of the shorter words, at 20 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SHAKEDOWNS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 3 with 8, 12 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words from SHAKEDOWNS, HAWKED and HOWKED tie for first at 17 points. SHOWED, SHADOW and SHADES are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words made with SHAKEDOWNS letters are led by HAWKS and HOWKS, 15 points each. SHOWS, ASKED and SHOWN are the familiar ones.
HAWK and HOWK are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHAKEDOWNS, 14 points each. KNOW, SHOW and DESK will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from SHAKEDOWNS, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. NEW, HAS and WHO are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHAKEDOWNS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SH · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HAWKNOSES (19 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SHAKEDOWNS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAKEDOWNS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 292) | 226 | 292 | 206 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
66 of the 292 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SNOWKED, SHAKED, HAWSED, KANEHS, KAWED, KNOWES, SHOWDS, SNOWKS, SOKAHS, HASKS, HOKAS, KANEH and 54 more. 20 of the 292 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: WANKED, WEAKONS, KNAWES, WEAKON, KNAWE, WANKS, SHWAS, WANK, DOSHAS, DOSHES, ENDASH, SHWA and 8 more.