Unscramble HARDNOSES and you have 296 words, HARDNOSES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HARDNESS, HARDNOSE and SANDSHOE lead with 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from HARDNOSES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 20 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Of the 20 7-letter words made with HARDNOSES letters, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. REASONS, HARNESS and SANDERS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HARDNOSES, the top score is 10, reached by 34. SHARED, SHARES and HORSES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words from HARDNOSES, 32 score 9 points, the group's best. SHARE, HORSE and HANDS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HARDNOSES, the top score is 8, reached by 22. HARD, HAND and HEAD are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 3-letter words from HARDNOSES tie at 7 points; none scores more. ARE, HAS and HAD will look familiar.
Trade one tile of HARDNOSES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What HARDNOSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HARDNOSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARDNOSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 296) | 243 | 296 | 213 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
53 of the 296 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHODERS, SNASHED, DONAHS, DOSEHS, HEARDS, HOARED, RASHED, SHANDS, SHODER, DONAH, DOSEH, HENDS and 41 more. 30 of the 296 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HANDERS, DEHORS, DOSHAS, DOSHES, ENDASH, HANDER, DOSHA, HOSERS, ODAHS, AHED, DOHS, DOSH and 18 more.
With one more tile, the letters of HARDNOSES spell the words below.