Unscramble SHEPHERD and you have 115 words, SHEPHERD itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SPHERED leads with 13 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
Looking for hesrdeph, depehrsh, deehhprs, sheerphd, sherdhep, spherehd, dresephh, hhrepsed, erhspdeh or hdsphere? They use the same letters as SHEPHERD, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SHEPHERD by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 8 with 6, 31 with 5, 37 with 4, 27 with 3 and 10 with 2.
SPHERED is the only one of the 7-letter words in SHEPHERD; it scores 13 points.
PHEER, PHESE and SHEEP share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words from SHEPHERD. SPEED, SHEER and PEERS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHEPHERD is HEHS, 10 points; HEPS and HESP on 9 follow. HERE, DEEP and SEED are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of SHEPHERD for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with SH · ending in RD · all 8-letter words
SHEPHERD first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHEPHERD, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEPHERD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 115) | 94 | 115 | 88 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HESPED, PHESED, PHEERS, HERSED, PHEER, PHESE, HESP, SPREED, EHED, HERSE, SHERE, SPRED and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HEPS, DEPS, PERES, DEP, PERE and EDS, 6 in all.
This word takes every letter of SHEPHERD plus a single extra one.