Unscramble HELIOSES to get 149 words. HELIOSES itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 11 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
H43E1L12I1O1S1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HELIOSES split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 12 with 6, 34 with 5, 50 with 4, 33 with 3 and 18 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in HELIOSES: ISOHELS, 10 points.
Of the 34 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HELIOSES, 19 score 8 points, the group's best. SHOES, HOLES and HEELS are the ones most people know.
50 4-letter words from HELIOSES; 19 of them share the top score of 7. LESS, LOSS and HOLE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HELIOSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HE · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ISOHELS (10 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: HELIOSES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HELIOSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 113 | 149 | 104 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
36 of the 149 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HELIOSES, SHEELS, HELES, ISHES, LEISH, SHEEL, SHISO, SLISH, EISH, HELE, HOIS, LOSH and 24 more. 9 of the 149 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HOSS, SESH, SOHS, HOS, SHO, SILOES, SOH, ESSE and OI.
This word takes every letter of HELIOSES plus a single extra one.