Unscramble WOOLSHEDS and you have 249 words, WOOLSHEDS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SWOOSHED and WOOLSHED lead with 15 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from WOOLSHEDS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 9 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 20 with 2.
HOWLED, SHOWDS and SHOWED share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words from WOOLSHEDS. SLOWED is the one most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WOOLSHEDS, DHOWS and SHOWD tie for first at 12 points. WHOLE, SHOWS and SHOES are everyday picks.
DHOW tops the 4-letter words made with WOOLSHEDS letters at 11 points; next come HEWS and HOWE on 10. DOES, SHOW and HELD will look familiar.
HEW, HOW and WHO share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble WOOLSHEDS. OLD, LOW and WED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of WOOLSHEDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with WO · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
What WOOLSHEDS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WOOLSHEDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOOLSHEDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 249) | 195 | 249 | 177 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 54 of them: SHOWDS, SHOWD, SLOOSHED, HOWSO, DOSEHS, DOWLES, LOWSED, SHOOLES, SOWLED, SOWSED, WOOLDS, WOOSELS and 42 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: WHOSESO, DOSHES, DOHS, DOSH, HOLOS, SWOLE, DOH, HOLO, HOSS, SESH, SOHS, HOO and 6 more.