Unscramble HARDWIRED and you have 211 words, HARDWIRED itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. RAWHIDED 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 HARDWIRED by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 25 with 6, 52 with 5, 59 with 4, 44 with 3 and 20 with 2.
WHIRRA and WIRRAH are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HARDWIRED, 12 points each. HARDER, REWARD and DRAWER will look familiar.
HAWED scores highest among the 5-letter words from HARDWIRED at 12 points, ahead of WHARE and WHEAR on 11. HEARD, WEIRD and RIDER are the ones most people know.
WHID tops the 4-letter words made with HARDWIRED letters at 11 points; next come WHAE and WHIR on 10. READ, HARD and HEAD will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HARDWIRED, HAW, HEW and WHA tie for first at 9 points. ARE, HAD and ADD are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HARDWIRED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
What HARDWIRED means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HARDWIRED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARDWIRED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 168 | 211 | 159 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WHIDDER, DIHEDRA, WIRRAH, HADDIE, HIDDER, WHARE, WHEAR, WHAE, ARRIDED, DAWD, RAHED, WADD and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WHIRRA, DEHAIR, AHED, RADDER, AHI, EW, ARIE, DA and RAI, 9 in all.