Unscramble STICKWORKS to get 217 words. STICKWORKS itself is a real word: 23 points on a Scrabble board, 24 in Words With Friends. STICKWORK is the best of the shorter words, at 22 points. The 10 letters split into 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from STICKWORKS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in STICKWORKS: STICKWORK, for 22 points.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with STICKWORKS letters: STRICKS, 13 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble STICKWORKS, WRICKS leads with 15 points, then KIOSKS and SKRIKS on 14. STOCKS, TRICKS and STICKS are the familiar ones.
KICKS tops the 5-letter words from STICKWORKS at 15 points; next come COWKS and WICKS on 14. STOCK, COSTS and WORKS will look familiar.
KICK scores highest among the 4-letter words in STICKWORKS at 14 points, ahead of COWK and WICK on 13. WORK, ROCK and RISK are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words made with STICKWORKS letters are led by KOW and WOK, 10 points each. ITS, TWO and KIT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of STICKWORKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with ST · ending in KS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by KICKS and WRICKS (15 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. STICKWORKS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STICKWORKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 217) | 177 | 217 | 156 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COWKS, SKRIKS, WOCKS, COWK, SKRIK, WOCK, KOWS, SCROWS, KOW, SCROW, SKIOS, ROKS and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TOCKS, ICKS, SKORTS, TOCK, KORIS, SKORT, KOIS, KORI, OIKS, TORICS, CRITS, KIS and 9 more, 21 in all.