Unscramble SHIPMENTS to get 251 words. SHIPMENTS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SHIPMENT, 15 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SHIPMENTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 11 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
8 of 36 6-letter words from SHIPMENTS tie at 11 points; none scores more. THESIS, SHINES and SPINES will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SHIPMENTS is HEMPS, 12 points; HEMIN and HESPS on 10 follow. ITEMS, SHIPS and HINTS are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words in SHIPMENTS, HEMP leads with 11 points, then HEMI and HEMS on 9. THEN, ITEM and SHIP are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with SHIPMENTS letters, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. ITS, SET and MEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHIPMENTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
SHIPMENTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SHIPMENTS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIPMENTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 251) | 206 | 250 | 189 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
44 of the 251 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MEITHS, PIMENTS, HESPS, HIEMS, MEITH, PIMENT, EMPTS, HEPT, HESP, HIPT, NEMPT, NIMPS and 32 more. 17 of the 251 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HITMEN, THESPS, MENSH, THESP, HEPS, HIMS, SHITES, MEH, MIPS, SHITE, SESH, SHEN and 5 more. 1 of the 251 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
These 2 words take every letter of SHIPMENTS plus a single extra one.