Unscramble HECTORINGS and you have 384 words, HECTORINGS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HECTORINGS split into 1 with 10 letters, 10 with 9, 42 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
Among 42 8-letter words in HECTORINGS, the top score is 14, reached by 9.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble HECTORINGS; 14 of them share the top score of 13. HOSTING, RICHEST and ETCHING are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words from HECTORINGS, the top score is 12, reached by 6. INCHES, CHOSEN and ETHICS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HECTORINGS, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. NIGHT, EIGHT and GHOST are the ones most people know.
CHOG tops the 4-letter words from HECTORINGS at 10 points; next come CHER and CHIN on 9. TECH, HITS and RICH will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in HECTORINGS, the top score is 8, reached by 7. HOT, HIT and ICE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HECTORINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with HE · ending in GS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COSHERING, HECTORING, RETCHINGS and TOCHERING (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: HECTORINGS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HECTORINGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 384) | 304 | 384 | 253 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 80 of them: HECTORINGS, TORCHINGS, CHESTING, STICHERON, CHIGRES, OCHRIEST, ROTCHIES, SCREIGH, THEORICS, CHIGRE, CHORIST, ECHOIST and 68 more. Words With Friends* skips 51 of them: RETCHINGS, GOTCHIES, CHORTENS, GINCHES, GITCHES, GONCHES, GOTCHES, NOTCHIER, OTHERINGS, CHINGS, CHORTEN, COHESIN and 39 more.
These 6 words take every letter of HECTORINGS plus a single extra one.