Unscramble SHOWYARDS to get 227 words. SHOWYARDS itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. SHOWYARD is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SHOWYARDS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 21 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in SHOWYARDS: SHOWYARD, 18 points.
WHYDAS tops the 6-letter words from SHOWYARDS at 16 points; next come SWASHY on 15 and AYWORD on 13. SHADOW and SWORDS will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SHOWYARDS, HOWDY and WHYDA tie for first at 15 points. WORDS, SHOWS and ROADS are everyday picks.
WHYS tops the 4-letter words from SHOWYARDS at 13 points; next come DHOW and WADY on 11. DAYS, SHOW and HARD will look familiar.
WHY scores highest among the 3-letter words in SHOWYARDS at 12 points, ahead of HAW and HAY on 9. WAS, HAS and WHO are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHOWYARDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SHADOWY (17 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SHOWYARDS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOWYARDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 185 | 227 | 164 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHOWYARDS, SHOWYARD, SWASHY, AYWORDS, AYWORD, SHOWDS, SHROWD, SWARDY, RHODY, SHOWD, SHROWS, SYRAHS and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WHYDAS, WHYDA, SHWAS, DOSHAS, SHWA, DOSHA, DRYAS, ODAHS, DOHS, DOSH, ODAH, DOH and 9 more, 21 in all.