Unscramble SHELLBARK to get 233 words. SHELLBARK itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, KEBLAHS leads with 16 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
S1H43E1L12L12B34A1R1K5
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SHELLBARK by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
BEKAHS and KEBLAH are the top 6-letter words in SHELLBARK, 15 points each. LABELS, BREAKS and HERBAL will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words from SHELLBARK is BEKAH, 14 points; HAKES and HARKS on 12 follow. BREAK, LAKES and BAKER are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHELLBARK, the top score is 11, reached by 5. LAKE, HALL and HEAR are the familiar ones.
KAB and KEB share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words from SHELLBARK. ARE, ALL and HAS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of SHELLBARK for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in RK · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with KEBLAHS (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SHELLBARK 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHELLBARK itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 191 | 233 | 180 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: BEKAHS, BEKAH, BELAHS, BRAKS, HASK, KESH, KRABS, BELAH, BHELS, BLASH, BRAK, HABLE and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: SHELLBARK, BERKS, BLAHER, BERK, SKELL, SABLER, LAHS, AHS, LAH, BAE and BES.
This word takes every letter of SHELLBARK plus a single extra one.