Unscramble HEADWORD and you have 185 words, HEADWORD itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HEADWORD split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 10 with 6, 34 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 24 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with HEADWORD letters: HOARDED, 12 points.
Among the 5-letter words from HEADWORD, HAWED leads with 12 points, then HOWRE and WHARE on 11. HEARD, HORDE and DREAD are the familiar ones.
DHOW tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HEADWORD at 11 points; next come HOWE and WHAE on 10. HARD, HEAD and WORD will look familiar.
Of the 55 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HEADWORD, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. ARE, WHO and HAD are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HEADWORD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HE · ending in RD · all 8-letter words
HEADWORD first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. HEADWORD 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEADWORD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 185) | 145 | 185 | 138 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: HOWRE, WHARE, WHEAR, HOARED, WHAE, WOAH, DAWD, DOWAR, DOWD, HOAED, RAHED, WADD and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: AHED, ODAH, DOH, EW, ODA, ARO and DA.
This word takes every letter of HEADWORD plus a single extra one.