Unscramble SHIMAALS and you have 171 words, SHIMAALS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SHIMAALS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 14 with 6, 42 with 5, 55 with 4, 38 with 3 and 16 with 2.
11 of 42 5-letter words from SHIMAALS tie at 10 points; none scores more. ALIAS, MAILS and SALSA will look familiar.
Of the 55 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHIMAALS, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. MAIL, MASS and MISS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHIMAALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SH · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; AHIMSAS and SHAMALS (12 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: SHIMAALS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIMAALS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 171) | 134 | 171 | 122 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
37 of the 171 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHIMAALS, SHIMAAL, LAMISH, SHALMS, MIHAS, SHALM, SHAMA, ALISMAS, MAHA, MIHA, ALISMA, SLISH and 25 more. 12 of the 171 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHAMALS, SHAMAL, HIMS, AHIS, LAHS, MASAS, AHI, AHS, LAH, MASA, LASSI and LIAS.
Each word below uses all the letters of SHIMAALS and one more.