Unscramble HEADACHY and you have 75 words, HEADACHY itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
H43E1A1D2A1C34H43Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HEADACHY split into 1 with 8 letters, 10 with 5, 20 with 4, 29 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 7 or 6 letters.
Keep every letter of HEADACHY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HE · ending in HY · all 8-letter words
The meaning of HEADACHY, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HEADACHY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEADACHY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 75) | 57 | 75 | 55 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 18 of them: DAYCH, CHAYA, HECH, HYED, HYE, ACH, CAAED, CHA, CHE, ECH, YEAD, CH and 6 more. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: AHED and DA.
Each word below uses all the letters of HEADACHY and one more.