Unscramble SHINGUARDS and you have 313 words, SHINGUARDS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SHINGUARD leads with 14 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SHINGUARDS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 7 with 8, 39 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
SHINGUARD is the only one of the 9-letter words made with SHINGUARDS letters; it scores 14 points.
Of the 39 7-letter words from SHINGUARDS, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. SHARING, RUSHING and SHADING are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SHINGUARDS are led by DURGAH and HADING, 11 points each. RADIUS, ASSIGN and GUARDS are the familiar ones.
29 of 60 5-letter words in SHINGUARDS tie at 9 points; none scores more. HANDS, DRUGS and SUSHI will look familiar.
60 4-letter words made with SHINGUARDS letters; 26 of them share the top score of 8. HARD, HAND and DRUG are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SHINGUARDS, 8 score 7 points, the group's best. HAS, HAD and GAS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHINGUARDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SH · ending in DS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DISHRAGS and SHADINGS (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHINGUARDS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHINGUARDS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 313) | 226 | 313 | 204 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
87 of the 313 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DURGAHS, DUSHING, HAUDING, SHARINGS, DURGAH, GUARISH, HAUSING, NURAGHI, NURDISH, NURHAGS, RASHING, HANGIS and 75 more. 22 of the 313 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHINGUARDS, SHINGUARD, AHING, SHURAS, ARGH, AUGH, DURAGS, SHIUR, SHURA, SIDH, AHIS, DUH and 10 more.