Hidden inside shimty is one standout: smithy, a six-letter play worth 14 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 39 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
SHIMTY isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to SMITHY (noun), the workshop of a smith, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
smithy is the highest-scoring word from shimty, worth 14 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 39 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling shimty produces exactly one six-letter word: smithy. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 14 points in Scrabble.
There are 5 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in shimty. If a familiar word is all you need, start with myths. For points, the strongest plays are myths and thymi — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in shimty produces 12 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hits, myth, and this. For points, the strongest play is myth — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling shimty turns up 12 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with him, his and hit. For points, the strongest plays are shy and thy — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in shimty. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hi, hm and is. For points, the strongest plays are hm and my — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
3 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in shimty plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in shimty and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is smithy, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and no other word from shimty 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 shimty produce 39 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 5 five-letter words, 12 four-letter words, 12 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.