Unscramble SHOWTIMES to get 259 words. SHOWTIMES itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 17 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 SHOWTIMES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Of the 40 6-letter words from SHOWTIMES, 9 score 12 points, the group's best. THESIS, WISHES and WHITES are the ones most people know.
WHIMS tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SHOWTIMES at 13 points; next come HOWES and SHEWS on 11. WHITE, SHOWS and SHOES will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words made with SHOWTIMES letters, WHIM and WHOM tie for first at 12 points. HOME, SHOW and WISH are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SHOWTIMES are led by HEW, HOW and WHO, 9 points each. TWO, HOT and HIT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SHOWTIMES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What SHOWTIMES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SHOWTIMES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOWTIMES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 210 | 258 | 178 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SOWTHS, THEOWS, MEITHS, METHOS, SMOWTS, SOWTH, THEOW, WHIOS, WHISS, WISHT, WITHS, HIEMS and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHOWTIMES, SHOWTIME, WHOSITS, WHOSIT, HOMIES, MOSHES, HOMIE, SHMOE, HIMS, HOMS, MOSH, SHITES and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.