Unscramble HAPPYING and you have 99 words, HAPPYING itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 21 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.
By length, the words from HAPPYING split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 3 with 6, 13 with 5, 25 with 4, 40 with 3 and 14 with 2.
HYP scores highest among the 3-letter words in HAPPYING at 11 points, ahead of GYP and HAY on 9. ANY, GAY and PAY are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of HAPPYING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with HA · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HAPPING, HAPPY, HIPPY, HYPING and YAPPING (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: HAPPYING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAPPYING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 99) | 85 | 99 | 76 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 14 of them: HAPPYING, HYPPING, GIPPY, PHANG, YAPP, ANIGH, HANGI, GYAN, HING, HAIN, HAN, NGAI and 2 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: HAPPI, HIYA, NYAH, AHING, PIPA, APP, YAG, AHI and GI.