269 words come out when you unscramble SLIDESHOW, starting with SLIDESHOW itself: 16 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SLIDESHOW by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 53 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with SLIDESHOW letters: SIDESHOW, 15 points.
Among 53 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SLIDESHOW, the top score is 13, reached by 6. SHOWED, WISHES and SHIELD are the familiar ones.
DHOWS, SHOWD and WHIDS share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words from SLIDESHOW. WHILE, WHOLE and SHOWS are the ones most people know.
DHOW and WHID are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SLIDESHOW, 11 points each. SHOW, WIDE and HELD will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from SLIDESHOW, HEW, HOW and WHO tie for first at 9 points. OLD, LOW and WED are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SLIDESHOW but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SL · ending in W · all 9-letter words
What SLIDESHOW means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SLIDESHOW is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLIDESHOW itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 269) | 221 | 269 | 199 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WHISSED, SHOWDS, SHOWD, WHIOS, WHISS, DOSEHS, DOWLES, DWILES, LOWSED, SOWLED, SOWSED, WHIO and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SLIDESHOW, DELISH, DESHIS, DOSHES, DESHI, SIDHE, SWILES, DOHS, DOSH, OWIES, SIDH, DOH and 10 more, 22 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SLIDESHOW spell the words below.