Unscramble SHERLOCK to get 218 words. SHERLOCK itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 16: 4 of them, SHOCKER, CHOKERS and HOCKERS included. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SHERLOCK by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 24 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 17 with 2.
5 of 24 6-letter words in SHERLOCK tie at 15 points; none scores more. CLOSER, LOCKER and CLERKS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SHERLOCK, 4 score 14 points, the group's best. CLOSE, SCORE and HORSE are the ones most people know.
HECK and HOCK are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHERLOCK, 13 points each. ROCK, HOLE and LOCK will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SHERLOCK but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SH · ending in CK · all 8-letter words
What SHERLOCK means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHERLOCK, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHERLOCK itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 173 | 218 | 155 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOCKLES, HOCKLE, CLOKES, KHORS, ORCHELS, CLOKE, KESH, KHOR, ORCHEL, ROCHES, CHER, KEROS and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HORKS, HORK, LOCHES, LOCHE, OCHES, OCHE, HOSER, OCH, SHERO, SKOL, HOS, OK and 6 more, 18 in all.
These 4 words take every letter of SHERLOCK plus a single extra one.