109 words come out when you unscramble SHIPLAP, starting with SHIPLAP itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 14 points: PALSHIP. HAPPIS is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. SHIPLAP as a single 7-tile play makes 64 in Scrabble, 14 plus the 50 bonus, and 51 in Words With Friends (16 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SHIPLAP split into 2 with 7 letters, 4 with 6, 18 with 5, 38 with 4, 34 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Of the 38 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHIPLAP, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. SHIP, SLIP and LIPS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHIPLAP but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with SH · ending in AP · all 7-letter words
What SHIPLAP means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SHIPLAP works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIPLAP itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 109) | 101 | 109 | 85 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
16 of the 109 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HAPPIS, HAPPI, PIPAS, APPS, PIPA, AHIS, APP, LAHS, LIPAS, PALIS, AHI, AHS and 4 more. 8 of the 109 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PAHS, PLAPS, PLAP, SPIAL, ISH, PAIS, PILA and SAI.
Each word below uses all the letters of SHIPLAP and one more.