Unscramble HARDCOVER and you have 240 words, HARDCOVER itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. OVERARCH is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HARDCOVER by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 8 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
VARECH tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HARDCOVER at 14 points; next come ARCHED and CARVED on 12. RECORD, HARDER and ARCHER will look familiar.
CHAVE and HAVOC share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words from HARDCOVER. COVER, HEARD and REACH are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words from HARDCOVER is CHAV, 12 points; CHAD and HAVE on 10 follow. OVER, EACH and CODE are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in HARDCOVER, the top score is 8, reached by 7. ARE, HAD and CAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HARDCOVER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OVERARCH (16 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HARDCOVER is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARDCOVER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 189 | 240 | 178 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: CHARVER, VARECH, CHAVE, CHORDAE, CHAV, CHORDA, HOVED, CHADO, CHODE, HOVEA, CERRADO, HOARED and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: VAREC, OCHE, AHED, OCH, ODAH, CRED, DOH, ECO, ODA, ARO and DA.
Each word below uses all the letters of HARDCOVER and one more.