Unscramble SHIRS and you have 16 words, SHIRS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. SHIRS has 1 anagram here, SHRIS, scoring 8 like SHIRS itself. Of the shorter words, HISS, SHIR and SHRI lead with 7 points. 5 letters: 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SHIRS split into 2 with 5 letters, 5 with 4, 5 with 3 and 4 with 2.
These 6 words have the length of SHIRS, with one letter different:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SHRIS (8 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SHIRS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIRS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 16) | 13 | 16 | 13 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHIRS, SHIR and ISH, 3 in all.
These 10 words take every letter of SHIRS plus a single extra one.