Unscramble SPARKISH and you have 185 words, SPARKISH itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. PARKISH is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SPARKISH by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 14 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPARKISH, KAPHS leads with 14 points, then HAIKS and HARKS on 12. SHIPS, PARKS and SHARP are the familiar ones.
KAPH tops the 4-letter words from SPARKISH at 13 points; next come HAIK and HARK on 11. PARK, RISK and SHIP will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words made with SPARKISH letters is KHI, 10 points; KIP and PAK on 9 follow. HAS, AIR and ASK are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SPARKISH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SP · ending in SH · all 8-letter words
SPARKISH first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SPARKISH is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPARKISH itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 185) | 155 | 182 | 143 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 28 of them: PARKISH, HASKS, PARKIS, HASK, KISH, PARKI, SHAPS, KSARS, PAHS, RAIKS, ARISH, KAIS and 16 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: SHIKRAS, SHIKRA, PAKS, KRAIS, PAK, SIKAS, KRAI, SIKA, AHIS, KIS, AHI, AHS and 2 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 2 of them: SPIKS and SPIK. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: SHIKSA.
This word takes every letter of SPARKISH plus a single extra one.