282 words come out when you unscramble STEMHEADS, starting with STEMHEADS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are EMDASHES and STEMHEAD, 14 points each. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from STEMHEADS split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 13 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble STEMHEADS, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. THEMES, SHEETS and DEATHS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words from STEMHEADS is HAMED, 11 points; HAEMS and HAMES on 10 follow. DEATH, SHEET and THEME are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble STEMHEADS, the top score is 9, reached by 12. MADE, HEAD and MASS are the familiar ones.
HAM, HEM and MEH are the top 3-letter words from STEMHEADS, 8 points each. HAS, SEE and HAD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of STEMHEADS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ST · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EMDASHES (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts STEMHEADS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEMHEADS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 282) | 217 | 282 | 201 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 65 of them: STEMHEADS, STEMHEAD, MATHESES, MEATHES, SMEATHS, SMEETHS, HAMED, MEATHE, MEATHS, SMEATH, SMEETH, HEAME and 53 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: EMDASHES, EMDASH, AHED, MEH, MASES, MEDS, SESH, AHS, MES, DAS, EDS, ATS and 4 more.
With one more tile, the letters of STEMHEADS spell the words below.