Unscramble HARDENING and you have 298 words, HARDENING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ADHERING and HEADRING lead with 13 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from HARDENING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 29 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
29 7-letter words made with HARDENING letters; 6 of them share the top score of 12. READING, HEARING and HEADING are everyday picks.
8 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HARDENING tie at 11 points; none scores more. GARDEN, ENDING and DINNER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from HARDENING, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. RANGE, GRAND and GRADE are the ones most people know.
16 of 60 4-letter words in HARDENING tie at 8 points; none scores more. HARD, HAND and HEAD will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with HARDENING letters, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. ARE, HAD and END are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HARDENING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What HARDENING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HARDENING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARDENING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 298) | 223 | 298 | 207 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
75 of the 298 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HEADRING, HEADRIG, HENDING, HAGDEN, HIDAGE, DEARNING, GRANNIED, HAINED, HIRAGE, RAHING, AHIND, ANIGH and 63 more. 16 of the 298 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DEHAIR, HANDER, AHING, AHED, ARGH, DENARI, INNAGE, AHI, DENAR, AREG, DENI, NINER and 4 more.
With one more tile, the letters of HARDENING spell the words below.