301 words come out when you unscramble WINDLASSES, starting with WINDLASSES itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 6 of them, WILDNESS, WINDLASS and SWINDLES included. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from WINDLASSES split into 1 with 10 letters, 7 with 8, 28 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 9 letters.
7 of 28 7-letter words in WINDLASSES tie at 11 points; none scores more. ISLANDS and SADNESS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble WINDLASSES, 22 score 10 points, the group's best. ISLAND, LADIES and DENIAL are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from WINDLASSES; 33 of them share the top score of 9. WINDS, SWINE and WIDEN are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from WINDLASSES, the top score is 8, reached by 21. NEWS, WIDE and WINE are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words in WINDLASSES; 4 of them share the top score of 7. NEW, WAS and END are everyday picks.
These 4 words have the length of WINDLASSES, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with WI · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
What WINDLASSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WINDLASSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINDLASSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 301) | 234 | 301 | 219 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WINDASES, DEWANIS, WANDLES, WESANDS, WINDSES, DEWANI, DWILES, INDEWS, SALEWD, SWALED, WAINED, WALISES and 55 more, 67 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DWALES, LAWNED, DWALE, SANDLESS, SWILES, SWINES, SWILE, WALIE, WALIS, WALI, EW, DAN and 3 more, 15 in all.