Unscramble WHITLOWS to get 145 words. WHITLOWS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
W4H43I1T1L12O1W4S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from WHITLOWS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 9 with 6, 21 with 5, 57 with 4, 37 with 3 and 18 with 2.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WHITLOWS is WHOWS, 14 points; HOWLS and SOWTH on 11 follow. HOIST and SLOTH are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from WHITLOWS, WHOW leads with 13 points, then HOWL and HOWS on 10. LIST, SHOW and LOST are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of WHITLOWS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with WH · ending in WS · all 8-letter words
WHITLOWS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. WHITLOWS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITLOWS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 145) | 117 | 145 | 110 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WHOWS, WHOLIST, WHOW, THOWLS, SOWTH, THOWL, WHIOS, WISHT, WITHS, WHIO, WHOT, LOWSIT and 16 more, 28 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WHOSIT, OWTS, HOS, OWT, SHO, SOH and OI, 7 in all.