148 words come out when you unscramble SHIPLAPS, starting with SHIPLAPS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 15 points: PALSHIPS. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SHIPLAPS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 11 with 6, 33 with 5, 51 with 4, 36 with 3 and 13 with 2.
HAPPI scores highest among the 5-letter words from SHIPLAPS at 12 points, ahead of APHIS and APISH on 10. SHIPS, SLASH and SLIPS are the ones most people know.
8 of 51 4-letter words in SHIPLAPS tie at 9 points; none scores more. SHIP, PASS and SLIP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SHIPLAPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SH · ending in PS · all 8-letter words
What SHIPLAPS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHIPLAPS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIPLAPS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 148) | 134 | 148 | 117 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Words With Friends*: HAPPIS, HAPPI, PIPAS, APPS, PIPA, AHIS, APP, LAHS, LIPAS, PALIS, AHI, AHS and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPLISH, SHAPS, PAHS, PLAPS, PLAP, SLISH, SPIALS, HASS, SPIAL, ISH, PAIS, PILA and 2 more, 14 in all.