Unscramble WHETSTONE to get 224 words. WHETSTONE itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is TOWHEES, 13 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
W4H43E1T1S1T1O1N12E1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from WHETSTONE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 18 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WHETSTONE, the top score is 11, reached by 10. NOTES, SHOWN and SHEET are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 4-letter words from WHETSTONE tie at 10 points; none scores more. NEWS, THEN and SHOW will look familiar.
HEW, HOW and WHO share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words made with WHETSTONE letters. NOT, NEW and ONE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of WHETSTONE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with WH · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; TOWHEES (13 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
WHETSTONE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHETSTONE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 224) | 182 | 224 | 170 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: THEOWS, THEWES, SOWTH, THEOW, WHOT, EOTHEN, SHOTTE, THETES, ENEWS, ENSEW, ETHNE, EWEST and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TWEENS, TWEEST, OWTS, SHEN, EEW, HOS, OWT, SHO, SOH, EW, EST and TE, 12 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of WHETSTONE and one more.