Unscramble GOREHOUND and you have 235 words, GOREHOUND itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HONOURED, ROUGHED and HORNDOG lead with 12 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from GOREHOUND split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 9 with 7, 29 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with GOREHOUND letters: HONOURED, 12 points.
9 of 29 6-letter words from GOREHOUND tie at 10 points; none scores more. ENOUGH, GROUND and HUNGER will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GOREHOUND, DOUGH leads with 10 points, then HOGEN and HONED on 9. UNDER, ROUND and HONOR are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 4-letter words made with GOREHOUND letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. GOOD, DONE and DRUG will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble GOREHOUND, 7 score 7 points, the group's best. END, RED and GOD are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of GOREHOUND for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with GO · ending in ND · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HONOURED, HORNDOG and ROUGHED (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
GOREHOUND is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOREHOUND itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 235) | 173 | 235 | 162 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: GOREHOUND, ENROUGH, HOONED, HURDEN, HEROON, HOGEN, HOORD, UNGORED, DUNGER, EUGH, GRONED, GURNED and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: HORNDOG, HUNDO, RUNGED, DOH, DUH, OROGEN, HOO, RONDE, NEG, NUG and ORG.
This word takes every letter of GOREHOUND plus a single extra one.