Unscramble SNAKEHEAD and you have 225 words, SNAKEHEAD itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SNAKEHEAD split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 20 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
DHAKS and KHEDA are the top 5-letter words from SNAKEHEAD, 13 points each. NEEDS, ASKED and HANDS will look familiar.
DHAK scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SNAKEHEAD at 12 points, ahead of ANKH and HAKA on 11. HAND, HEAD and DESK are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SNAKEHEAD, DAK and KED tie for first at 8 points. HAS, SEE and HAD are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SNAKEHEAD but one, change that one, and you get:
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What SNAKEHEAD means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SNAKEHEAD, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNAKEHEAD itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 225) | 167 | 225 | 152 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: AKEDAHS, KHANDAS, AKEDAH, KHANDA, SHAKED, ASHAKE, HAKEAS, KANEHS, HAKAS, HAKEA, KANEH, HAKA and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: SNAKEHEAD, DHANSAK, DANSAK, ENDASH, HADEAN, SKED, AHED, EEK, SHEN, AHS, DAN, DAS and 3 more.
This word takes every letter of SNAKEHEAD plus a single extra one.