117 words come out when you unscramble HEDDLING, starting with HEDDLING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. HINDLEG is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HEDDLING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 12 with 6, 15 with 5, 38 with 4, 37 with 3 and 13 with 2.
HINDLEG is the only one of the 7-letter words made with HEDDLING letters; it scores 12 points.
Of the 38 4-letter words from HEDDLING, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. LINE, HELD and DIED are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of HEDDLING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with HE · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HIDDEN, HINGED and NIGHED (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HEDDLING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEDDLING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 117) | 89 | 117 | 86 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
28 of the 117 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HEDDLING, HINDLEG, HELING, EHING, ELDING, GILDEN, HEID, HEND, HILD, HING, DEID, ELDIN and 16 more. 3 of the 117 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DENI, NEG and GI.