Unscramble SHERLOCKING to get 389 words. SHERLOCKING itself is a real word: 21 points on a Scrabble board, 24 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SHERLOCKING split into 1 with 11 letters, 10 with 9, 47 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2. None has 10 letters.
HECKLING, HOCKLING and SHOCKING share the top score of 18 among the 8-letter words in SHERLOCKING. CHLORINE and SHERLOCK are the ones most people know.
CHOKING and HOCKING are the top 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SHERLOCKING, 17 points each. LOCKING, ROCKING and LOCKERS will look familiar.
60 6-letter words from SHERLOCKING; 13 of them share the top score of 15. NICKEL, LOCKER and SHRINK are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SHERLOCKING, 10 score 14 points, the group's best. SHOCK, ROCKS and CLERK are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in SHERLOCKING; 4 of them share the top score of 13. ROCK, KING and RICH are everyday picks.
KHI tops the 3-letter words made with SHERLOCKING letters at 10 points; next come ICK on 9 and CHE on 8. CON, SKI and INK will look familiar.
Trade one tile of SHERLOCKING for another and you can spell these 2 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HECKLING, SHLOCKIER and SHOCKING (18 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts SHERLOCKING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHERLOCKING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 389) | 300 | 387 | 267 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHERLOCKING, HECKLINGS, HOCKLING, HORLICKS, CHIKORS, CHOKRIS, HOCKLES, RECKLINGS, SKRIECH, CHIKOR, CHOKRI, GROCKLES and 75 more, 87 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHLOCKIER, CHONKIER, CHOKIES, GENLOCKS, HICKER, HORKING, CLONKIER, COKINGS, CORNSILK, GENLOCK, GINCHES, GONCHES and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: HONKIES and HONKIE, 2 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of SHERLOCKING and one more.