Unscramble SHELLWORKS to get 249 words. SHELLWORKS itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. SHELLWORK is the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. 10 letters: 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SHELLWORKS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 46 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 20 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with SHELLWORKS letters: SHELLWORK, 19 points.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in SHELLWORKS: WORKLESS, for 15 points.
HOWKER and WHELKS share the top score of 16 among the 6-letter words from SHELLWORKS. SHOWER, HORSES and SLOWER are the ones most people know.
HOWKS and WHELK are the top 5-letter words in SHELLWORKS, 15 points each. WORKS, WHOLE and SHOWS will look familiar.
HOWK scores highest among the 4-letter words made with SHELLWORKS letters at 14 points, ahead of EWKS and HOKE on 11. WORK, SHOW and HOLE are the ones most people know.
EWK, KOW and WOK are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SHELLWORKS, 10 points each. WHO, LOW and ROW will look familiar.
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by WHELKS (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHELLWORKS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHELLWORKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 249) | 185 | 249 | 166 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
64 of the 249 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOWKERS, HOWKER, HOWRES, KHORS, SHROWS, WELKS, WROKE, EWKS, HOWRE, KESH, KEWL, KHOR and 52 more. 19 of the 249 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HORKS, LEWKS, WOKER, HORK, LEWK, SKELLS, HOSERS, SKELL, SKOLS, SWOLER, HOSER, SKOL and 7 more.