Unscramble HAMSTRUNG and you have 252 words, HAMSTRUNG itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are MUSHRAT and RHAMNUS, 12 points each. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HAMSTRUNG split into 1 with 9 letters, 10 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 37 6-letter words made with HAMSTRUNG letters, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. GRANTS, HUMANS and STRUNG are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HAMSTRUNG, the top score is 10, reached by 12. HUMAN, TRASH and GRAMS are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 4-letter words from HAMSTRUNG tie at 9 points; none scores more. MATH, RUSH and HUNT will look familiar.
HAM and HUM share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words made with HAMSTRUNG letters. HAS, MAN and MAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HAMSTRUNG but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MUSHRAT and RHAMNUS (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HAMSTRUNG, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMSTRUNG itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 252) | 195 | 252 | 176 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
57 of the 252 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NURHAGS, THRANGS, TUGHRAS, UMRAHS, GRANUMS, HUMAS, MUSHA, NURHAG, RAUGHT, THRANG, TUGHRA, UMRAH and 45 more. 19 of the 252 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MUSHRAT, MUTHAS, MUTHA, SHTUM, THANGS, THANG, ARGH, AUGH, MARGS, MUNGS, SHART, SHURA and 7 more.