Hidden inside shimla is one standout: halms, a five-letter play worth 10 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 68 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
halms is the highest-scoring word from shimla, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 68 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in shimla produces 25 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aims, hail and hams. For points, 6 words tie at 9 points, including hams, halm and hims.
Unscrambling shimla turns up 23 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aim, ash and ham. For points, the strongest plays are ham and him — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
There are 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in shimla. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, am and as. For points, the strongest play is hm — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
1 seven-letter word can be made using all the letters in shimla plus one additional letter.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is halms, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from shimla earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in shimla produce 68 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 5 five-letter words, 25 four-letter words, 23 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.