218 words come out when you unscramble SHIFTWORK, starting with SHIFTWORK itself: 22 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
S1H43I1F4T1W4O1R1K5
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SHIFTWORK by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 13 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 7 letters.
SHITWORK is the only one of the 8-letter words in SHIFTWORK; it scores 18 points.
HOWKS and WHISK are the top 5-letter words from SHIFTWORK, 15 points each. FIRST, SHORT and WORKS will look familiar.
HOWK scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHIFTWORK at 14 points, ahead of HOWF on 13 and FIRK on 11. WORK, SHOW and RISK are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words made with SHIFTWORK letters, the top score is 10, reached by 4. WHO, ITS and TWO are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SHIFTWORK for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in RK · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SHITWORK (18 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SHIFTWORK, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIFTWORK itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 165 | 217 | 145 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: SHIFTWORK, FOWTHS, WHIFTS, FOWTH, WHIFT, FIRKS, HOIKS, HOKIS, KHORS, FIRK, FISK, HOIK and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: SHITWORK, HORKS, WHOSIT, HORK, KORIS, SKORT, KOIS, KORI, OIKS, ROSHI, KIS, OIK and 8 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
This word takes every letter of SHIFTWORK plus a single extra one.