277 words come out when you unscramble SHEARLEGS, starting with SHEARLEGS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. SHEARLEG is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SHEARLEGS split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 19 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 17 with 2.
SEALGHS tops the 7-letter words made with SHEARLEGS letters at 11 points; next come ASHLERS and HALSERS on 10. HEALERS and LEASHES will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SHEARLEGS, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. SHARES, EAGLES and AGREES are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from SHEARLEGS, GERAH, GHEES and SHAGS tie for first at 9 points. LARGE, SHARE and GLASS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in SHEARLEGS, the top score is 8, reached by 5. HERE, HEAR and GEAR are the familiar ones.
HAG scores highest among the 3-letter words made with SHEARLEGS letters at 7 points, ahead of AHS and ASH on 6. ARE, HAS and SEE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHEARLEGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ASHLERS, GASHER, GASHES, GERAHS, HEALERS, HEARSES, LASHERS and LEASHES (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SHEARLEGS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEARLEGS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 277) | 229 | 277 | 220 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHEARLEG, SEALGHS, GHESSE, HALSERS, SEALGH, HALSER, HALSES, HEARES, HERSES, SHEELS, ALGESES, HALSE and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHEARLEGS, ARGH, LAHS, SESH, AHS, EASERS, LAH, AREG and AGS, 9 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SHEARLEGS spell the words below.