Unscramble HANDGRIP and you have 167 words, HANDGRIP itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from HANDGRIP by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 8 with 6, 24 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 16 with 2.
APHID, GRAPH and PHANG share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDGRIP. GRAND, RAPID and GRAIN are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from HANDGRIP, HARP leads with 9 points, then ARGH and HAND on 8. HARD, PAID and HAIR are the familiar ones.
4 of 55 3-letter words in HANDGRIP tie at 8 points; none scores more. HAD, AIR and AID will look familiar.
Trade one tile of HANDGRIP for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with HA · ending in IP · all 8-letter words
What HANDGRIP means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HANDGRIP works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDGRIP itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 167) | 138 | 167 | 131 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 29 of them: PHANG, RAHING, AHIND, ANIGH, HANGI, GRAIP, HING, PAGRI, DRAP, HAIN, HARN, PAND and 17 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: AHING, ARGH, AHI, DAN, DA, GI and RAI.
With one more tile, the letters of HANDGRIP spell the words below.