Unscramble SHEKELIM to get 155 words. SHEKELIM itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SHMEK leads with 14 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SHEKELIM by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 6, 35 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 7 letters.
SHMEK scores highest among the 5-letter words in SHEKELIM at 14 points, ahead of HIKES and SHEIK on 12. MILES, SMILE and LIKES are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHEKELIM tie at 11 points; none scores more. LIKE, MIKE and SEEM will look familiar.
KHI scores highest among the 3-letter words from SHEKELIM at 10 points, ahead of HEM and HIM on 8. SEE, SKI and LIE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHEKELIM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SH · ending in IM · all 8-letter words
What SHEKELIM means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SHEKELIM is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEKELIM itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 155) | 120 | 154 | 112 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
34 of the 155 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHMEK, MELIKS, KESH, KISH, MELIK, SKLIM, SMEIK, SMEKE, HIEMS, EIKS, HELES, LEISH and 22 more. 8 of the 155 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHEKELIM, SELKIE, HIMS, MEH, EEK, KIS, KI and MES. 1 of the 155 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.