245 words come out when you unscramble HEADWARDS, starting with HEADWARDS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
H43E1A1D2W4A1R1D2S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HEADWARDS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 11 with 7, 34 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 20 with 2.
5 of 34 6-letter words from HEADWARDS tie at 13 points; none scores more. AWARDS, SHARED and WASHER will look familiar.
DAWAH and HAWED share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HEADWARDS. SHARE, AWARD and HEARD are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HEADWARDS; 8 of them share the top score of 10. HARD, HEAD and DEAD are everyday picks.
HAW, HEW and WHA share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words from HEADWARDS. ARE, WAS and HAS are the ones most people know.
These 5 words have the length of HEADWARDS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with HE · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
What HEADWARDS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HEADWARDS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEADWARDS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 245) | 192 | 245 | 180 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: RAWHEADS, RAWHEAD, DAWAHS, HAWSED, ADWARDS, DAWAH, SHARDED, WHARES, ADAWED, ADWARD, DADAHS, SAWAH and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: HEADWARDS, HEADWARD, ADWARES, ADWARE, SHWA, WAAH, AHED, AHS, EW, DAS, EDS and DA.
This word takes every letter of HEADWARDS plus a single extra one.