24 words come out when you unscramble SKELFS, starting with SKELFS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 6 letters: 1 vowel and 5 consonants.
S1K5E1L12F4S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SKELFS by length: 1 with 6 letters, 2 with 5, 8 with 4, 9 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of SKELFS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with SK · ending in FS · all 6-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with KEFS (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SKELFS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKELFS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 24) | 21 | 24 | 19 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
3 of the 24 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SKELFS, SKELF and ELFS. 2 of the 24 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FES and FE.