Unscramble SHOEBLACK and you have 259 words, SHOEBLACK itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of SHOEBLACK is on the page: SHOCKABLE, each 20 points. Of the shorter words, BACKHOES and BECHALKS lead with 19 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SHOEBLACK by length: 2 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 11 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Of the 35 6-letter words from SHOEBLACK, 11 score 15 points, the group's best. CABLES, BLOCKS and BLACKS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words made with SHOEBLACK letters, the top score is 14, reached by 11. BLACK, BEACH and BLOCK are the familiar ones.
HACK, HECK and HOCK are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHOEBLACK, 13 points each. BACK, EACH and CASH will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from SHOEBLACK, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. HAS, ASK and OAK are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of SHOEBLACK for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in CK · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SHOCKABLE (20 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHOEBLACK, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOEBLACK itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 197 | 256 | 180 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: HOCKLES, BEKAHS, CHEKAS, HOCKLE, BASOCHE, BEKAH, CHEKA, COHABS, ALECKS, BACHS, CLOKES, COHAB and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: BOKEHS, CHAEBOLS, BOKEH, CHAEBOL, BLECH, CHOLAS, LOCHES, ACK, OCHE, OCH, AHS, HOS and 7 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 2 of them: BOCHES and BOCHE. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: HAOLES.
With one more tile, the letters of SHOEBLACK spell the words below.