Unscramble SHREWMOUSE and you have 287 words, SHREWMOUSE itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SHREWMOUSE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 16 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 60 6-letter words from SHREWMOUSE, 9 score 12 points, the group's best. HOUSES, SHOWER and HORSES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SHREWMOUSE, the top score is 11, reached by 11. HOUSE, HOURS and SHOWS are the familiar ones.
WHOM scores highest among the 4-letter words from SHREWMOUSE at 12 points, ahead of HEWS and HOWE on 10. HOME, HERE and SHOW are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in SHREWMOUSE, HEW, HOW and WHO tie for first at 9 points. ROW, SUM and WEE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SHREWMOUSE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SH · ending in SE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with RESHOWS, SHEWERS and SHOWERS (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SHREWMOUSE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHREWMOUSE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 287) | 224 | 287 | 194 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HORMESES, WHERESO, HOWRES, REHOMES, SHROWS, HORMES, HOWRE, REHOME, ROWMES, SHROW, WERSH, HORME and 51 more, 63 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHREWMOUSE, MOSHERS, SHMEERS, MEWSES, MOSHER, MOSHES, RHEMES, SHMEER, RHEME, SHEROES, SHMOE, SMUSH and 18 more, 30 in all.