277 words come out when you unscramble WINDSHAKE, starting with WINDSHAKE itself: 20 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is WHISKED, 18 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from WINDSHAKE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 13 with 7, 53 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in WINDSHAKE: SKINHEAD, for 16 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble WINDSHAKE, HAWKED leads with 17 points, then HAWKIE on 16 and HANKED on 14. KINASE, WASHED and WISHED are the familiar ones.
HAWKS and WHISK are the top 5-letter words from WINDSHAKE, 15 points each. ASKED, NAKED and KINDS will look familiar.
HAWK scores highest among the 4-letter words in WINDSHAKE at 14 points, ahead of DAWK and DHAK on 12. KIDS, WISH and KIND are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 3-letter words made with WINDSHAKE letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. NEW, WAS and HAS will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of WINDSHAKE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with WI · ending in KE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with WHISKED (18 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts WINDSHAKE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINDSHAKE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 277) | 217 | 277 | 197 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WINDSHAKE, DANKISH, DASHEKI, SHAKED, SWANKIE, DAWISH, HAWSED, KANEHS, KAWED, SAKIEH, KANDIES, KANEH and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WANKED, KNAWES, NIKAHS, KNAWE, NIKAH, WANKS, WANK, ENDASH, KINDA, SHWA, ASHINE, SHENAI and 8 more, 20 in all.
This word takes every letter of WINDSHAKE plus a single extra one.