Unscramble SHIFTSTICK and you have 135 words, SHIFTSTICK itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SHIFTSTICK by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 15 with 6, 29 with 5, 46 with 4, 27 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in SHIFTSTICK: SKITTISH, for 15 points.
FIKISH scores highest among the 6-letter words from SHIFTSTICK at 16 points, ahead of KITSCH and SCHTIK on 15. STICKS, STITCH and SHIFTS are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SHIFTSTICK, CHIKS, HICKS and THICK tie for first at 14 points. STICK, SHIFT and FITCH are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words in SHIFTSTICK are led by CHIK and HICK, 13 points each. FISH, HITS and KITS are the familiar ones.
These 2 words have the length of SHIFTSTICK, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with SH · ending in CK · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SCHTIKS, SHTICKS and SICKISH (16 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SHIFTSTICK 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIFTSTICK itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 135) | 105 | 134 | 100 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 29 of them: SHIFTSTICK, FIKISH, SKITCH, CHIKS, CHIK, TISICKS, FISKS, TISICK, FISK, KISH, SICHTS, SICHT and 17 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: ICKS, SITCH, TITCH, KIS and KI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
This word takes every letter of SHIFTSTICK plus a single extra one.