Unscramble SHROWS and you have 31 words, SHROWS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SHOWS and SHROW lead with 11 points. It has 6 letters, 1 vowel and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SHROWS by length: 1 with 6 letters, 2 with 5, 8 with 4, 12 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of SHROWS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with SH · ending in WS · all 6-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SHOWS (11 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SHROWS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHROWS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 31) | 28 | 31 | 23 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Words With Friends*: HOSS, SOHS, HOS, SHO and SOH, 5 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHROWS, SHROW and HORS, 3 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SHROWS spell the words below.