354 words come out when you unscramble SHRINKAGES, starting with SHRINKAGES itself: 18 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are SHRINKAGE, KASHERING and SHARKINGS, 17 points each. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SHRINKAGES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 9, 23 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Among 23 8-letter words made with SHRINKAGES letters, the top score is 16, reached by 5. HEARINGS and SHEARING are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SHRINKAGES tie at 15 points; none scores more. HEARING, SHARING and HARNESS will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words from SHRINKAGES, SKEIGH leads with 14 points, then HANKER and HANKIE on 13. ASKING, KINASE and SHARKS are the familiar ones.
17 of 60 5-letter words in SHRINKAGES tie at 12 points; none scores more. KINGS, SHAKE and SHARK will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with SHRINKAGES letters, 11 score 11 points, the group's best. KING, KISS and HANG are the ones most people know.
KHI tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SHRINKAGES at 10 points; next come GAK and KEG on 8. HAS, AGE and ASK will look familiar.
Trade one tile of SHRINKAGES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by KASHERING (17 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHRINKAGES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHRINKAGES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 354) | 260 | 352 | 239 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
94 of the 354 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHARKINGS, SHAKINGS, SKRIEGHS, SKRIEGH, SNEAKISH, KERNISH, SAKIEHS, SHREIKS, KANEHS, KISHES, SAKIEH, SARKINGS and 82 more. 21 of the 354 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHIKRAS, SNAKISH, NIKAHS, SHIKRA, NIKAH, RESKINS, GANKS, NEARISH, AHING, GANK, KRAIS, ARGH and 9 more. 2 of the 354 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: SHIKSA and SHIKSE.