Unscramble HANDPHONE and you have 166 words, HANDPHONE itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. HOPHEAD is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
H43A1N12D2P34H43O1N12E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HANDPHONE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 3 with 6, 24 with 5, 52 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in HANDPHONE: HOPHEAD, 16 points.
EPHAH scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDPHONE at 13 points, ahead of HOHED on 12 and EPHOD on 11. PHONE, HOPED and ANODE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from HANDPHONE, PHOH leads with 12 points, then HOHA on 10 and EPHA on 9. OPEN, HAND and HEAD are the familiar ones.
HAH, HEH and HOH are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDPHONE, 9 points each. ONE, HAD and END will look familiar.
Trade one tile of HANDPHONE for another and you can spell this word:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HOPHEAD (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HANDPHONE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDPHONE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 166) | 135 | 166 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HANDPHONE, HOHED, PHOH, POHED, HOHA, PHEON, DONAH, HOAED, HOH, APODE, HEND, HOND and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PHEO, AHED, NAPED, ODAH, PHO, DOH, DEP, APO, OPA, DAN, NANO, ODA and 2 more, 14 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of HANDPHONE and one more.