Unscramble HELLWARDS and you have 260 words, HELLWARDS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HELLWARDS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
HELLWARD is the only one of the 8-letter words in HELLWARDS; it scores 15 points.
48 6-letter words from HELLWARDS; 5 of them share the top score of 13. SHARED, HERALD and WASHER are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HELLWARDS, HAWED leads with 12 points, then HAWSE and SHAWL on 11. HEARD, HEADS and SHADE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with HELLWARDS letters, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. HARD, HEAD and HELD are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HELLWARDS, HAW, HEW and WHA tie for first at 9 points. ARE, ALL and WAS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HELLWARDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HE · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HELLWARD (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: HELLWARDS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HELLWARDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 260) | 211 | 260 | 199 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HELLWARDS, HAWSED, WHARES, HARELDS, WERSH, WHARE, WHEAR, HALSED, HARELD, HARLED, HEALDS, HEARDS and 37 more, 49 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HELLWARD, DWALES, SHWA, DWALE, AHED, LAHS, AHS, LAH, EW, DAS, EDS and DA, 12 in all.