250 words come out when you unscramble SHERLOCKS, starting with SHERLOCKS itself: 18 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. SHERLOCK and SHOCKERS are the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SHERLOCKS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 15 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 17 with 2.
6 of 44 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SHERLOCKS tie at 15 points; none scores more. SCORES, HORSES and CLOSER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SHERLOCKS, 4 score 14 points, the group's best. SHOES, HORSE and SHOCK are the ones most people know.
HECK and HOCK are the top 4-letter words from SHERLOCKS, 13 points each. ROCK, HOLE and LOCK will look familiar.
Of the 50 3-letter words in SHERLOCKS, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. SEC, ELK and ORE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHERLOCKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of SHERLOCKS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. SHERLOCKS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHERLOCKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 250) | 198 | 250 | 176 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
52 of the 250 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOCKLES, HOCKLE, CLOKES, KHORS, ORCHELS, CLOKE, KESH, KHOR, ORCHEL, ROCHES, SECHS, CHER and 40 more. 22 of the 250 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HORKS, HORK, LOCHES, LOCHE, OCHES, HOSERS, OCHE, SKOLS, HOSER, OCH, SHERO, SKOL and 10 more.
With one more tile, the letters of SHERLOCKS spell the words below.