349 words come out when you unscramble SHIELDRAKE, starting with SHIELDRAKE itself: 18 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SHIELDRAKE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 19 with 8, 59 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in SHIELDRAKE: SHELDRAKE, 17 points.
6 of 19 8-letter words made with SHIELDRAKE letters tie at 16 points; none scores more. REALISED and LAKESIDE will look familiar.
Of the 59 7-letter words from SHIELDRAKE, 5 score 15 points, the group's best. LEADERS, DEALERS and HEADERS are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SHIELDRAKE tie at 14 points; none scores more. HEADER, HAIRED and ADHERE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in SHIELDRAKE, 5 score 13 points, the group's best. ASKED, HEARD and HEADS are the ones most people know.
DHAK tops the 4-letter words made with SHIELDRAKE letters at 12 points; next come HAIK and HAKE on 11. HARD, HEAD and KIDS will look familiar.
KHI scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SHIELDRAKE at 10 points, ahead of DAK and KED on 8. HAS, HAD and ASK are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of SHIELDRAKE, with one letter different:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HERDLIKE, KASHERED, SHEDLIKE and SHRIEKED (16 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SHIELDRAKE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIELDRAKE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 349) | 262 | 349 | 239 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 87 of them: SHIELDRAKE, HEADLIKE, SHREIKED, DASHEKI, SHRIKED, SHAKED, LAKISH, SAKIEH, SHREEK, SHREIK, DEISHEAL, SKAILED and 75 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: DHIKRS, DHIKR, SHIKRA, DEHAIRS, DISKER, SKRIED, DEHAIR, DELISH, HALIERS, ALKIE, DESHI, SKED and 11 more.
This word takes every letter of SHIELDRAKE plus a single extra one.