Unscramble ANHIDROSIS and you have 288 words, ANHIDROSIS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DISHORNS and HIDROSIS lead with 12 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ANHIDROSIS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 19 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with ANHIDROSIS letters: ANIDROSIS, for 10 points.
14 of 57 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ANHIDROSIS tie at 10 points; none scores more. RADIOS, DRAINS and RAISIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in ANHIDROSIS, 15 score 9 points, the group's best. HANDS, DRAIN and DINAR are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words made with ANHIDROSIS letters, the top score is 8, reached by 15. HARD, HAND and HAIR are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ANHIDROSIS tie at 7 points; none scores more. HAS, HAD and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ANHIDROSIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with AN · ending in IS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HIDROSIS (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: ANHIDROSIS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANHIDROSIS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 221 | 288 | 182 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
67 of the 288 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANHIDROSIS, DISHORNS, DISHORN, ANIDROSIS, DONAHS, ROINISH, SHANDS, SIDHAS, AHIND, DONAH, HONDS, NASHIS and 55 more. 39 of the 288 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DOSHAS, HOISINS, ORISHAS, DOSHA, HOISIN, ODAHS, ORISHA, ROSHIS, DOHS, DONAIRS, DOSH, ODAH and 27 more.