Unscramble HANDWOVEN and you have 186 words, HANDWOVEN itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. AVOWED is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HANDWOVEN split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 6, 34 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
Of the 34 5-letter words made with HANDWOVEN letters, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. OWNED, HAVEN and WOVEN are the ones most people know.
DHOW tops the 4-letter words from HANDWOVEN at 11 points; next come AVOW and HAVE on 10. DOWN, HAND and HEAD will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDWOVEN, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. NEW, WHO and NOW are the ones most people know.
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AVOWED (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HANDWOVEN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDWOVEN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 186) | 155 | 185 | 147 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ADVEW, HOVED, HOVEA, HOVEN, NAVEW, WHAE, WOAH, DONAH, DOWNA, HOAED, NOWED, DEAW and 18 more, 30 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AHED, ODAH, DOH, NAV, EW, DAN, ODA and DA, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.