Unscramble WALLFISH and you have 116 words, WALLFISH itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
W4A1L12L12F4I1S1H43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from WALLFISH split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 6, 24 with 5, 42 with 4, 32 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Of the 42 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WALLFISH, 12 score 10 points, the group's best. WILL, HALF and WISH are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of WALLFISH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with WA · ending in SH · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FLASH, FLAWS, SHAWL, WAIFS and WISHA (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
WALLFISH 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALLFISH itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 116) | 101 | 112 | 91 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 11 of them: WALLFISH, HALFS, FAWS, FAW, SHALLI, WAIS, ISH, SIF, WAI, ALLIS and SAI. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: FAHS, SHWA, FAH, WALIS, AHIS, LAHS, WALI, AHI, AHS, LAH and LIAS. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: ALFS, ALF and FI. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: HAFIS.