Unscramble HEMIPTERS and you have 309 words, HEMIPTERS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 15: 5 of them, EMPERISH, EPITHEMS and HEMIPTER included. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from HEMIPTERS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 38 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
5 of 38 7-letter words made with HEMIPTERS letters tie at 14 points; none scores more. PERMITS, PREMISE and EMPIRES will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HEMIPTERS, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. EITHER, PERMIT and EMPIRE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words from HEMIPTERS is HEMPS, 12 points; HEMES and HERMS on 10 follow. THERE, ITEMS and THREE are everyday picks.
HEMP tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HEMIPTERS at 11 points; next come HEME and HEMI on 9. HERE, ITEM and MEET will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words from HEMIPTERS, the top score is 8, reached by 8. SEE, ITS and HIT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HEMIPTERS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HE · ending in RS · all 9-letter words
What HEMIPTERS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HEMIPTERS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEMIPTERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 309) | 238 | 307 | 220 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
70 of the 309 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMPERISH, EPITHEMS, EPITHEM, HEMPIES, ETHERISM, TREESHIP, HEPSTER, PETHERS, SPERTHE, MEITHS, PERMIES, PETHER and 58 more. 17 of the 309 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PISHER, RHEMES, SHMEER, RHEME, THESP, HEPS, HIMS, HIREES, MEISTER, HIREE, MEH, MIPS and 5 more. 1 of the 309 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: MEPHITES. 1 of the 309 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
These 3 words take every letter of HEMIPTERS plus a single extra one.