310 words come out when you unscramble WINDSHAKES, starting with WINDSHAKES itself: 21 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, WINDSHAKE leads with 20 points. 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.
Counting the words from WINDSHAKES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 8 with 8, 30 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
The best of the 7-letter words from WINDSHAKES is WHISKED, 18 points; HAWKIES and WEAKISH on 17 follow. KINASES is an everyday pick.
HAWKED tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble WINDSHAKES at 17 points; next come HAWKIE and WHISKS on 16. WISHES, DISHES and KINASE will look familiar.
HAWKS and WHISK share the top score of 15 among the 5-letter words from WINDSHAKES. ASKED, SHAKE and DISKS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words in WINDSHAKES is HAWK, 14 points; DAWK and DHAK on 12 follow. KIDS, WISH and KIND are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with WINDSHAKES letters, the top score is 10, reached by 4. NEW, WAS and HAS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of WINDSHAKES but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by WHISKED (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: WINDSHAKES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINDSHAKES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 310) | 236 | 308 | 213 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WINDSHAKES, WINDSHAKE, DASHEKIS, DANKISH, DASHEKI, SIWASHED, SNEAKISH, SWANKIES, SAKIEHS, SHAKED, SWANKIE, WHISSED and 62 more, 74 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SNAKISH, WANKED, KNAWES, NIKAHS, DANISHES, KNAWE, NIKAH, WANKS, SHWAS, WANK, DESHIS, ENDASH and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: SHIKSA and SHIKSE, 2 in all.