Unscramble SHYLOCKS to get 90 words. SHYLOCKS itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SHYLOCK and SHLOCKY lead with 19 points. The 8 letters split into 1 vowel and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SHYLOCKS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 3 with 6, 15 with 5, 32 with 4, 24 with 3 and 12 with 2.
COKY, HOCK and YOCK are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHYLOCKS, 13 points each. LOSS, HOLY and LOCK will look familiar.
Trade one tile of SHYLOCKS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with SH · ending in KS · all 8-letter words
What SHYLOCKS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHYLOCKS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHYLOCKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 90) | 79 | 90 | 64 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: SHLOCKY, COKY, LYCH, SKOLS, OCH, SKOL, HOSS, SOHS, HOS, LOCS, OK, SHO and 3 more. Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 11 of them: KY, CLY, HOC, CH, LOSH, LOYS, KO, LOY, OYS, SOCS and LOS.