Unscramble SHEARLEG and you have 230 words, SHEARLEG itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 4 of them, HEALERS, GASHER and GERAHS included. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SHEARLEG split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 17 with 2.
GASHER, GERAHS and SEALGH are the top 6-letter words made with SHEARLEG letters, 10 points each. EAGLES, AGREES and GREASE will look familiar.
GERAH and GHEES share the top score of 9 among the 5-letter words from SHEARLEG. LARGE, SHARE and AGREE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHEARLEG, the top score is 8, reached by 5. HERE, HEAR and GEAR are the familiar ones.
HAG tops the 3-letter words made with SHEARLEG letters at 7 points; next come AHS and ASH on 6. ARE, HAS and SEE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SHEARLEG but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SH · ending in EG · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GASHER, GERAHS and HEALERS (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SHEARLEG is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEARLEG itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 230) | 191 | 230 | 185 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHEARLEG, SEALGH, HALSER, HEARES, HALSE, HEARE, HELES, HERSE, SHEEL, SHERE, GEARES, GERLES and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ARGH, LAHS, AHS, LAH, AREG and AGS, 6 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of SHEARLEG plus a single extra one.