Unscramble SHIPWAYS to get 159 words. SHIPWAYS itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SHIPWAYS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 31 with 5, 57 with 4, 47 with 3 and 13 with 2.
WASHY tops the 5-letter words from SHIPWAYS at 14 points; next come PSHAW and SYPHS on 13. SHIPS, SWAPS and SWISH will look familiar.
WHYS scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHIPWAYS at 13 points, ahead of HYPS and SYPH on 12. SAYS, WISH and SHIP are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from SHIPWAYS, WHY leads with 12 points, then HYP on 11 and HAW on 9. WAS, HAS and WAY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SHIPWAYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SH · ending in YS · all 8-letter words
SHIPWAYS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHIPWAYS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIPWAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 159) | 143 | 159 | 135 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
16 of the 159 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SWASHY, SIWASH, WHISS, SHAPS, SPAWS, YAHS, PAHS, SPAW, SWY, HASS, WAIS, ISH and 4 more. 8 of the 159 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHWAS, HIYA, PISSY, SHWA, AHIS, AHI, AHS and YAS.
With one more tile, the letters of SHIPWAYS spell the words below.