Unscramble SIKES and you have 20 words, SIKES itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of SIKES is on the page: SKIES, each 9 points. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
S1I1K5E1S1
By length, the words from SIKES split into 2 with 5 letters, 7 with 4, 7 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of SIKES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with SI · ending in ES · all 5-letter words
SIKES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SIKES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIKES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 20) | 15 | 20 | 13 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 5 of them: EIKS, SEIK, EIK, SIK and SIES. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: KIS and KI.
With one more tile, the letters of SIKES spell the words below.