Unscramble SHLEMIELS and you have 185 words, SHLEMIELS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SHLEMIELS split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 2 with 7, 22 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 32 with 3 and 14 with 2.
MESHES tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SHLEMIELS at 11 points; next come SHEELS and SHELLS on 9. SMILES and SMELLS will look familiar.
Of the 50 5-letter words from SHLEMIELS, 4 score 10 points, the group's best. MILES, SEEMS and HILLS are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 4-letter words from SHLEMIELS tie at 9 points; none scores more. LESS, SELL and HILL will look familiar.
Trade one tile of SHLEMIELS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
What SHLEMIELS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. SHLEMIELS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHLEMIELS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 185) | 140 | 184 | 135 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HIEMS, SMELLIES, MISSELL, SHEELS, HELES, ISHES, LEISH, LEMELS, MESELS, MISSEE, SEMIES, SHEEL and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HIMS, MEH, SESH, MES and ESSE, 5 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
Each word below uses all the letters of SHLEMIELS and one more.