Jumble solved
Is WIDOWS a word? Yes.
WIDOWS is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 6 letters, worth 13 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 24 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 24
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 6 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 2 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 2 vowels (I, O) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (W, D, W, S).
Anagrams of WIDOWS
One word uses all 6 letters:
- widows
6-letter words
1 word found- widows13
5-letter words
1 word found- widow12
4-letter words
2 words found3-letter words
10 words found2-letter words
10 words foundWords hidden inside WIDOWS
Without moving a single letter, reading widows straight through uncovers 3 shorter words — widow, dows, dow. The longest unbroken run is widow.
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Shorter words inside WIDOWS — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to WIDOWS
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and widows opens up 1 7-letter word. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
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Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
6
Distinct
5
Vowels
33%
I, O
Consonants
67%
W, D, W, S
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Solving WIDOWS: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters widows?
Rearranging the 6 letters in widows produces 24 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 6-letter answer widows here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does widows have any anagrams?
Using all 6 letters, widows rearranges into exactly one word: widows.
What is the longest word you can make from widows?
The longest solution is widows at 6 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from widows?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: widows yields dis, dos, dow, ids, ods, sod, sow, wis, wos and wow. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from widows scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, widows is the top scorer from widows at 13 points, followed by widow (12), wows (10) and wow (9). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside widows?
Read left to right without moving any letters and widows already contains 3 shorter words: widow, dows and dow. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is widow. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.