Unscramble HELIOGRAPHED and you have 360 words, HELIOGRAPHED itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. HELIOGRAPH is the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HELIOGRAPHED split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 5 with 9, 14 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 39 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in HELIOGRAPHED: HELIOGRAPH, for 19 points.
HOPHEAD scores highest among the 7-letter words from HELIOGRAPHED at 16 points, ahead of DIGRAPH and GRAPHED on 14. REPLIED, LEOPARD and EPHEDRA are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words made with HELIOGRAPHED letters are led by HIGHED and RHAPHE, 14 points each. HIGHER, HELPED and HEADER are the familiar ones.
EPHAH tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HELIOGRAPHED at 13 points; next come AHIGH and HEIGH on 12. HEARD, GRAPH and HIRED will look familiar.
PHOH scores highest among the 4-letter words from HELIOGRAPHED at 12 points, ahead of HIGH and HOGH on 11. HELP, HARD and HEAD are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words in HELIOGRAPHED are led by HAH, HEH and HOH, 9 points each. HAD, GOD and DOG are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HELIOGRAPHED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with HE · ending in ED · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with HEDGEHOP (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HELIOGRAPHED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HELIOGRAPHED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 360) | 288 | 358 | 263 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RHAPHIDE, EIDOGRAPH, HIGHERED, GOPHERED, HEADROPE, HIGHED, PIERHEAD, PEGHED, AHIGH, HEADRIG, HEAPIER, HOHED and 60 more, 72 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RHEOPHILE, PIEHOLE, DOGPILE, HEAPER, DEHAIR, EARHOLE, LIPREAD, PEDALER, PEROGIE, PRELOAD, PHEO, AHED and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: HARELIP and HAOLE, 2 in all.