221 words come out when you unscramble SHIELDLESS, starting with SHIELDLESS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HIDELESS, 12 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SHIELDLESS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 13 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 33 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among 36 6-letter words from SHIELDLESS, the top score is 10, reached by 8. DIESEL, SHIELD and DISHES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SHIELDLESS, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. HILLS, SLIDE and SHELL are the ones most people know.
11 of 60 4-letter words from SHIELDLESS tie at 8 points; none scores more. LESS, SIDE and HELD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SHIELDLESS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HIDELESS (12 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SHIELDLESS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIELDLESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 221) | 170 | 221 | 156 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
51 of the 221 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHIELDLESS, SHIELED, SLISHES, HEIDS, HELED, SHEELS, EHED, HEID, HELES, HILD, ISHES, LEISH and 39 more. 14 of the 221 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DELISH, DESHIS, DESHI, SESHES, SIDELESS, SIDHE, SIDH, SESH, DESIS, LEDES, DESI, LEDE and 2 more.