Unscramble SHOESTRINGS and you have 392 words, SHOESTRINGS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are SHOESTRING and HOSTESSING, 14 points each. It has 11 letters, 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SHOESTRINGS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 10, 12 with 9, 46 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Among the 10-letter words made with SHOESTRINGS letters, HOSTESSING and SHOESTRING tie for first at 14 points.
13 of 46 8-letter words you get when you unscramble SHOESTRINGS tie at 12 points; none scores more. STENOSIS will look familiar.
Among 60 7-letter words from SHOESTRINGS, the top score is 11, reached by 19. HOSTING, HORNETS and HOSTESS are the familiar ones.
60 6-letter words in SHOESTRINGS; 28 of them share the top score of 10. RIGHTS, THINGS and NIGHTS are everyday picks.
29 of 60 5-letter words made with SHOESTRINGS letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. OTHER, RIGHT and NORTH will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHOESTRINGS; 10 of them share the top score of 8. HOST, HITS and SHOT are everyday picks.
GHI and HOG are the top 3-letter words from SHOESTRINGS, 7 points each. GET, HOT and GOT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of SHOESTRINGS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with SH · ending in GS · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HOSTESSING (14 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SHOESTRINGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOESTRINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 392) | 316 | 392 | 284 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
76 of the 392 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HERISSONS, HORSINGS, HOSTINGS, RIGHTENS, SHOEINGS, THROEING, GOTHIER, HERISSON, HOSTRIES, RIGHTEN, THINGOS, THISNESS and 64 more. 32 of the 392 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OTHERINGS, OTHERING, THONGIER, HONGIES, HORSIES, SHOGIS, GOETH, GOTHS, HONGI, HORSIE, HOSERS, HOSSES and 20 more.