Unscramble SIDESTROKE to get 340 words. SIDESTROKE itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1I1D2E1S1T1R1O1K5E1
Counting the words from SIDESTROKE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 17 with 8, 55 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 9 letters.
4 of 55 7-letter words made with SIDESTROKE letters tie at 12 points; none scores more. STORIES, EDITORS and STRIKES will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SIDESTROKE, 12 score 11 points, the group's best. STRIKE, DESIRE and DESERT are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from SIDESTROKE; 22 of them share the top score of 10. RISKS, SEEKS and SKIRT are everyday picks.
14 of 60 4-letter words from SIDESTROKE tie at 9 points; none scores more. KIDS, RISK and DISK will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in SIDESTROKE, KED and KID tie for first at 8 points. ITS, RED and KIT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SIDESTROKE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SI · ending in KE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DORKIEST, DROSKIES and RESTOKED (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SIDESTROKE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIDESTROKE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 340) | 244 | 340 | 220 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
96 of the 340 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SKODIEST, SKODIER, DIRKES, KISTED, KRISED, ROKIEST, SEIKEST, DIRKE, DOEKS, EIKED, ESKIES, KIORES and 84 more. 24 of the 340 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DISKERS, DISKER, DROKES, SKRIED, DROKE, SKEDS, SKORTS, SKRIES, KORIS, SKED, SKORT, KOIS and 12 more.
With one more tile, the letters of SIDESTROKE spell the words below.