76 words come out when you unscramble HELLHOLES, starting with HELLHOLES itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HELLHOLES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 1 with 6, 13 with 5, 25 with 4, 22 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in HELLHOLES: HELLHOLE, for 14 points.
HELLOES is the only one of the 7-letter words made with HELLHOLES letters; it scores 10 points.
Just 1 of the 6-letter words from HELLHOLES: HELLOS, for 9 points.
Keep every letter of HELLHOLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What HELLHOLES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HELLHOLES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HELLHOLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 76) | 65 | 76 | 62 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOHS, HOH, HELES, SHEEL, HELE, LOSH, EHS, SELE, SLEE, LOS and EE, 11 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HOS, SHO and SOH, 3 in all.