Unscramble VANDALISH and you have 234 words, VANDALISH itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 4 of them, VANISH, LAVISH and HALVAS included. 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 VANDALISH split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 31 6-letter words in VANDALISH, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. ISLAND, SANDAL and SALIVA are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words from VANDALISH are led by HALVA and SHIVA, 11 points each. VALID, HANDS and LANDS are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble VANDALISH is SHIV, 10 points; AVID and DAHL on 8 follow. HAND, LAND and AIDS are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble VANDALISH, the top score is 7, reached by 5. HAS, HAD and VAN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of VANDALISH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with VA · ending in SH · all 9-letter words
What VANDALISH means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VANDALISH, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VANDALISH itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 234) | 190 | 234 | 171 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ADHANS, ADHAN, AHIND, DIVNA, NAHALS, SHAND, SIDHA, DIVS, HADS, HAINS, HILD, NAHAL and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VANDALISH, LAVASH, SIDH, VIDS, AHIS, LAHS, NAVS, VID, VINS, AHI, AHS, LAH and 7 more, 19 in all.