Unscramble HEPTANGULAR and you have 346 words, HEPTANGULAR itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. PHALANGER and TRAGELAPH are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from HEPTANGULAR by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 14 with 8, 56 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2. None has 10 letters.
ENGULPH tops the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble HEPTANGULAR at 13 points; next come HANAPER and PANTHER on 12. NATURAL, NEUTRAL and PLATEAU will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from HEPTANGULAR, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. LENGTH, HUNTER and GATHER are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 5-letter words in HEPTANGULAR tie at 11 points; none scores more. HEART, EARTH and ALPHA will look familiar.
PEGH and PUGH share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words made with HEPTANGULAR letters. PAGE, HELP and HUGE are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HEPTANGULAR tie at 8 points; none scores more. PUT, PET and HAT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HEPTANGULAR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with HE · ending in AR · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PHALANGE and UPGATHER (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HEPTANGULAR, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEPTANGULAR itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 346) | 262 | 346 | 253 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 84 of them: HEPTANGULAR, TRAGELAPH, ENGULPH, HATPEG, PLEUGH, UPHANG, ALENGTH, GULPH, NURAGHE, PHANG, PLANTAGE, AGUNAH and 72 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: ETHANAL, GRAPLE, HAUTER, THANG, ARGH, AUGH, LAH, URP and TE.