Unscramble UNSHADOWS to get 224 words. UNSHADOWS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is UNSHADOW, 15 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from UNSHADOWS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 19 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
UNSHADOW is the only one of the 8-letter words made with UNSHADOWS letters; it scores 15 points.
DHOWS and SHOWD share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UNSHADOWS. SOUND, SHOWS and SHOWN are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from UNSHADOWS, DHOW leads with 11 points, then HAWS and HOWS on 10. SHOW, DOWN and HAND are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words in UNSHADOWS tie at 9 points; none scores more. WAS, HAS and WHO will look familiar.
Keep every letter of UNSHADOWS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with UN · ending in WS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SHADOWS (14 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
UNSHADOWS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNSHADOWS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 224) | 173 | 224 | 146 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNSHADOWS, UNSHADOW, SHOWDS, SHOWD, HOUDANS, DONAHS, HOUDAN, HUDNAS, SHANDS, SOWNDS, WOAH, DONAH and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHWAS, DOSHAS, HUNDOS, SHWA, DOSHA, HUNDO, ODAHS, DOHS, DOSH, ODAH, UNSAW, DOH and 15 more, 27 in all.