227 words come out when you unscramble SHIPLOAD, starting with SHIPLOAD itself: 14 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 14 points: HAPLOIDS. HAPLOID is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SHIPLOAD split into 2 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 15 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
APHID tops the 5-letter words from SHIPLOAD at 11 points; next come APHIS and APISH on 10. HOLDS, PLAID and SPOIL will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with SHIPLOAD letters, 16 score 9 points, the group's best. SHOP, HOLD and SHIP are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SHIPLOAD; 7 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, HAD and ADS are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of SHIPLOAD for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with SH · ending in AD · all 8-letter words
SHIPLOAD first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHIPLOAD, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIPLOAD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 188 | 227 | 157 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
39 of the 227 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PHOLAS, DHOLS, PAHS, PODIAL, POHS, SIDHA, APIOLS, DHOL, HADS, HILD, PILAOS, PODAL and 27 more. 31 of the 227 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DOSHA, ODAHS, PHOS, DOHS, DOSH, ODAH, PHO, SIDH, AHIS, DOH, HAOS, LAHS and 19 more.
With one more tile, the letters of SHIPLOAD spell the words below.