254 words come out when you unscramble HENDIADYS, starting with HENDIADYS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
H43E1N12D2I1A1D2Y43S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HENDIADYS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
DANDYISH is the only one of the 8-letter words in HENDIADYS; it scores 16 points.
38 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HENDIADYS; 5 of them share the top score of 13. HIDDEN, HANDED and SHADED are everyday picks.
7 of 60 5-letter words from HENDIADYS tie at 12 points; none scores more. HANDS, HEADS and SANDY will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from HENDIADYS is HYED, 11 points; ASHY and HAYS on 10 follow. DAYS, EASY and HAND are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in HENDIADYS, the top score is 9, reached by 6. HAS, ANY and HAD are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HENDIADYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HE · ending in YS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DANDYISH (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HENDIADYS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENDIADYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 254) | 183 | 254 | 162 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 71 of them: HYNDES, YSHEND, HADDIES, HYNDE, NEDDISH, SDAYNED, EDDISH, HADDEN, HADDIE, HYED, HYENS, SYNDED and 59 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: HANDSY, SIDDHA, YEAHS, ENDASH, HIYA, NEDDY, NYAH, ASHINE, DESHI, SAYED, SHENAI, SIDHE and 9 more.
This word takes every letter of HENDIADYS plus a single extra one.