Unscramble SKITCHES and you have 208 words, SKITCHES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. SKITCHES has 2 anagrams here, CHEKISTS and KITSCHES, scoring 17 like SKITCHES itself. 4 shorter words score 16, among them CHEKIST, HICKEST and SCHTIKS. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SKITCHES by length: 3 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 28 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Of the 28 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SKITCHES, 6 score 15 points, the group's best. ETHICS, THESIS and STICKS are the ones most people know.
55 5-letter words from SKITCHES; 5 of them share the top score of 14. SITES, STICK and THICK are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words in SKITCHES are led by CHIK, HECK and HICK, 13 points each. TECH, HITS and KITS are the familiar ones.
KHI tops the 3-letter words made with SKITCHES letters at 10 points; next come ICK on 9 and CHE on 8. ITS, SET and KIT will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of SKITCHES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with SK · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with KITSCHES (17 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SKITCHES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKITCHES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 157 | 207 | 140 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
51 of the 208 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHEKISTS, SKITCHES, CHEKIST, SKITCH, CHIKS, CHIK, KISHES, KESH, KISH, SICHTS, THEICS, TICHES and 39 more. 17 of the 208 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HICKEST, SITCHES, ICKS, SITCH, TECHS, ECHT, SHITES, TECH, SHITE, ETICS, KIS, SESH and 5 more. 1 of the 208 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: SHIKSE.
These 3 words take every letter of SKITCHES plus a single extra one.