Unscramble SHTUMMEST and you have 136 words, SHTUMMEST itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SHTUMMEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 10 with 6, 23 with 5, 49 with 4, 37 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
6 of 49 4-letter words from SHTUMMEST tie at 9 points; none scores more. MUST, TEST and THUS will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SHTUMMEST is HMM, 10 points; HEM and HUM on 8 follow. USE, SET and MET are everyday picks.
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MUSHES and MUSTHS (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHTUMMEST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHTUMMEST itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 136) | 118 | 136 | 102 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
18 of the 136 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHTUMM, STUMM, THUSES, MUSETS, SHETS, HUSS, MUSET, MUSSE, SHET, EHS, METS, MEUS and 6 more. 16 of the 136 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHTUMMEST, SHTUM, SMUSH, MEH, SESH, TUMS, MES, TUM, UMS, ESTS, UTES, EST and 4 more.
This word takes every letter of SHTUMMEST plus a single extra one.