Unscramble WHELKIER and you have 100 words, WHELKIER itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
W4H43E1L12K5I1E1R1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from WHELKIER by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 1 with 6, 14 with 5, 44 with 4, 28 with 3 and 11 with 2.
WHILERE is the only one of the 7-letter words in WHELKIER; it scores 13 points.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words made with WHELKIER letters: KEWLER, 13 points.
5 of 44 4-letter words from WHELKIER tie at 11 points; none scores more. HERE, WERE and LIKE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of WHELKIER for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with WH · ending in ER · all 8-letter words
WHELKIER first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WHELKIER, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHELKIER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 100) | 77 | 100 | 70 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 23 of them: WHILK, KEWLER, WHILERE, WELKE, KEWL, WELK, EWK, KEREL, LIRK, REIK, REKE, EIK and 11 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: KREWE, LEWK, HIREE, EEK, EEW, KI and EW.
Each word below uses all the letters of WHELKIER and one more.