Unscramble SHEIKHAS to get 128 words. SHEIKHAS itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 17: 4 of them, SHAIKHS, SHEIKHA and SHEIKHS included. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SHEIKHAS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 11 with 6, 19 with 5, 41 with 4, 36 with 3 and 15 with 2.
7 of 41 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHEIKHAS tie at 11 points; none scores more. KISS, ASKS and SAKE will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SHEIKHAS, KHI leads with 10 points, then HAH and HEH on 9. HAS, ASK and ASS are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SHEIKHAS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with SH · ending in AS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SHAIKHS, SHEIKHS and SHIKSEH (17 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SHEIKHAS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEIKHAS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 128) | 94 | 125 | 83 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
34 of the 128 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHEIKHAS, SHEIKHA, SAKIEHS, KISHES, SAKIEH, HASKS, HISHES, SHISHA, HASK, KESH, KISH, SHASH and 22 more. 10 of the 128 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHAIKHS, SHAIKH, SIKAS, SIKA, AHIS, KIS, SESH, AHI, AHS and KI. 2 of the 128 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: SHIKSA and SHIKSE. 1 of the 128 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: SHIKSEH.