Unscramble HATCHLING and you have 212 words, HATCHLING itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HATCHLING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 13 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Of the 60 5-letter words from HATCHLING, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. NIGHT, LIGHT and CHINA are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words made with HATCHLING letters is HIGH, 11 points; GACH and HATH on 10 follow. CHAT, ANTI and INCH are everyday picks.
HAH scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HATCHLING at 9 points, ahead of ACH and CHA on 8. CAN, ACT and HIT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HATCHLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HATCHING (17 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HATCHLING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HATCHLING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 212) | 165 | 212 | 146 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
47 of the 212 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HAINCH, HANCH, HILCH, AHIGH, GANCH, HAITH, ANIGHT, LINCH, NICHT, AIGHT, ANIGH, CHAL and 35 more. 19 of the 212 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CATHING, CHING, GATCH, GINCH, GITCH, GACH, LANCH, AHING, CATH, CHAI, THANG, HAINT and 7 more.
These 2 words take every letter of HATCHLING plus a single extra one.