172 words come out when you unscramble SILKTAILS, starting with SILKTAILS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SILKTAILS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 9 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 7 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in SILKTAILS: SILKTAIL, 12 points.
25 of 50 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SILKTAILS tie at 9 points; none scores more. STILL, LISTS and TASKS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from SILKTAILS, the top score is 8, reached by 31. LIST, LAST and TALK are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SILKTAILS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SI · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SAKTIS, SKILLS, STALKS and TILAKS (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SILKTAILS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SILKTAILS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 136 | 172 | 126 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SILKTAILS, SILKTAIL, KILLAS, SKAILS, KALIS, KATIS, LAIKS, LISKS, SITKA, SKAIL, TAKIS, TIKAS and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SAKTIS, SAKTI, SIKAS, SIKA, KIS, KI, LASSI, TALLS, LIAS and ATS, 10 in all.