Unscramble SHIKARA to get 117 words. SHIKARA itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of SHIKARA are on the page: HAKARIS and KARAHIS, each 14 points. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 13 points, HAKARI, KARAHI and RAKISH among them. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. SHIKARA as a single 7-tile play makes 64 in Scrabble, 14 plus the 50 bonus, and 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SHIKARA by length: 3 with 7 letters, 8 with 6, 19 with 5, 41 with 4, 34 with 3 and 12 with 2.
41 4-letter words from SHIKARA; 6 of them share the top score of 11. RISK, HAIR and KRIS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SHIKARA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with SH · ending in RA · all 7-letter words
SHIKARA first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SHIKARA is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIKARA itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 117) | 87 | 117 | 71 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HAKARIS, HAKARI, HAKAS, HAKA, HASK, KISH, RAKIAS, KARAS, RAIKS, RAKIA, SAKIA, AKAS and 18 more, 30 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KARAHIS, SHIKARA, KARAHI, SHIKRA, ASKARI, KRAIS, SHARIA, KRAI, SIKA, AHIS, KIS, AHI and 4 more, 16 in all.
These 4 words take every letter of SHIKARA plus a single extra one.