136 words come out when you unscramble HANDYMEN, starting with HANDYMEN itself: 17 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HYMNED, 15 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
H43A1N12D2Y43M34E1N12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from HANDYMEN by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 6, 22 with 5, 38 with 4, 49 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDYMEN, HYMN leads with 12 points, then HYED on 11 and DEMY on 10. NAME, MANY and MADE are the familiar ones.
Of the 49 3-letter words from HANDYMEN, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. MAY, ANY and HAD are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HANDYMEN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HA · ending in EN · all 8-letter words
What HANDYMEN means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HANDYMEN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDYMEN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 136) | 107 | 136 | 102 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
29 of the 136 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HYNDE, HAMED, HENNY, HYED, HYEN, MANEH, DANNY, DENAY, HYE, DEMAN, HEND, NYED and 17 more. 5 of the 136 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NYAH, AHED, MEH, DAN and DA.