Unscramble STAKEHOLDING and you have 436 words, STAKEHOLDING itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. KNIGHTED, GHOSTLIKE and KNOTHEADS are the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from STAKEHOLDING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 19 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 55 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with STAKEHOLDING letters: DESOLATING, for 12 points.
GHOSTLIKE and KNOTHEADS share the top score of 17 among the 9-letter words in STAKEHOLDING. ALONGSIDE is the one most people know.
KNIGHTED tops the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble STAKEHOLDING at 17 points; next come HANDLIKE and KATHODES on 16. HOLDINGS, HEADINGS and LINKAGES will look familiar.
Among 60 7-letter words from STAKEHOLDING, the top score is 15, reached by 11. HOLDING, HEADING and KNIGHTS are the familiar ones.
14 of 60 6-letter words in STAKEHOLDING tie at 14 points; none scores more. THANKS, ASKING and KNIGHT will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words made with STAKEHOLDING letters, the top score is 13, reached by 6. THINK, ASKED and THANK are the familiar ones.
DHAK tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble STAKEHOLDING at 12 points; next come ANKH and HAIK on 11. KIDS, KING and KIND will look familiar.
KHI scores highest among the 3-letter words from STAKEHOLDING at 10 points, ahead of DAK and GAK on 8. HAS, HAD and ASK are the ones most people know.
This word has the length of STAKEHOLDING, with one letter different:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GHOSTLIKE, KNIGHTED and KNOTHEADS (17 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
STAKEHOLDING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAKEHOLDING itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 436) | 318 | 433 | 283 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SKAITHED, DANKISH, DASHEKI, HAGLIKE, HOIKED, KEIGHT, KHILATS, KIGHTS, LOKSHEN, SHAKED, DESKING, HEALDING and 104 more, 116 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KNOTHEADS, KNOTHEAD, DHOLAKS, HOTLINKS, DHOLAK, HOTLINK, TANGOLIKE, DOGSKIN, KENDOIST, KNAIDELS, NIKAHS, DELINKS and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: HONKIES and HONKIE, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: STAKEHOLDING.
With one more tile, the letters of STAKEHOLDING spell the words below.