Unscramble SUBCHIEFS to get 159 words. SUBCHIEFS itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1U12B34C34H43I1E1F4S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SUBCHIEFS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 13 with 6, 27 with 5, 55 with 4, 42 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in SUBCHIEFS: SUBCHIEF, for 18 points.
Of the 27 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBCHIEFS, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. ISSUE, CHIEF and CHESS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBCHIEFS is CHEF, 12 points; CHIB and CHUB on 11 follow. SUCH, BUSH and USES are everyday picks.
FEH scores highest among the 3-letter words from SUBCHIEFS at 9 points, ahead of CHE and CHI on 8. USE, SUB and ICE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SUBCHIEFS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SU · ending in FS · all 9-letter words
What SUBCHIEFS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SUBCHIEFS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBCHIEFS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 159) | 130 | 158 | 120 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 28 of them: CHIBS, CUSHIES, HUSSIF, BUSHIE, CHIB, CUSHES, CUSHIE, ICHES, SECHS, CUSH, FUSC, SECH and 16 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: BUSHIES, BISHES, CHUSES, CHUSE, BISH, SESH, FES, BES, FE and SUS. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.