Unscramble HANGNEST and you have 201 words, HANGNEST itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HANGNEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Among 49 5-letter words from HANGNEST, the top score is 9, reached by 9. AGENT, STAGE and GATES are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HANGNEST tie at 8 points; none scores more. THEN, GETS and HEAT will look familiar.
HAG scores highest among the 3-letter words from HANGNEST at 7 points, ahead of AHS and ASH on 6. HAS, GET and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HANGNEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HA · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
HANGNEST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HANGNEST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANGNEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 201) | 167 | 201 | 154 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 34 of them: GATHS, GHEST, SNEATH, AHENT, ASHET, GATH, HEAST, TANHS, THANS, NESH, SHAN, SHET and 22 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: THANGS, THANG, SHEN, AHS, GEANS, GEAN, NEGS, AGS, NEG, ATS, EST, SAN and 1 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of HANGNEST and one more.