Unscramble SHOOLS and you have 40 words, SHOOLS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 9 points: SLOOSH. The best shorter words score 8: 4 of them, SLOSH, HOLOS and SHOOL included. The 6 letters split into 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SHOOLS split into 2 with 6 letters, 6 with 5, 13 with 4, 12 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of SHOOLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with SH · ending in LS · all 6-letter words
What SHOOLS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SHOOLS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOOLS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 40) | 32 | 40 | 24 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SLOOSH, LOSH, SOHO, SOOLS, SOOL, LOS, OOS and OO, 8 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HOLOS, HOLO, HOSS, SOHS, HOO, HOS, SHO and SOH, 8 in all.
These 4 words take every letter of SHOOLS plus a single extra one.