Unscramble HEADLINER and you have 289 words, HEADLINER itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are HEADLINE, HARDLINE and REHANDLE, 12 points each. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HEADLINER split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 17 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
20 of 60 6-letter words from HEADLINER tie at 10 points; none scores more. LEADER, HANDLE and DEALER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HEADLINER, 11 score 9 points, the group's best. HEARD, IDEAL and ELDER are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words made with HEADLINER letters, the top score is 8, reached by 18. HERE, HARD and HAND are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HEADLINER tie at 7 points; none scores more. ARE, HAD and END will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HEADLINER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HE · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
HEADLINER first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HEADLINER is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEADLINER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 227 | 289 | 214 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: HEDERAL, HIELAND, HAINED, HARELD, HARLED, HEDERA, HERDEN, HERIED, AHIND, HEALD, HEARIE, HELED and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: DEHAIR, HANDER, HALIER, AHED, HIREE, DENARI, LARNED, AHI, DENAR, LAH, DENI, DAN and 1 more.
These 2 words take every letter of HEADLINER plus a single extra one.