Unscramble HESSIANS and you have 159 words, HESSIANS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: ASHINESS. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HESSIANS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 16 with 6, 31 with 5, 47 with 4, 39 with 3 and 18 with 2.
13 of 31 5-letter words from HESSIANS tie at 8 points; none scores more. SHINE, ASSES and ASHES will look familiar.
Of the 47 4-letter words made with HESSIANS letters, 21 score 7 points, the group's best. SEAS, SINS and NESS are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of HESSIANS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with HE · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
HESSIANS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HESSIANS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HESSIANS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 159) | 107 | 159 | 97 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHINESS, HASSES, NASHIS, NISHES, HAINS, ISHES, NASHI, SHANS, EISH, HAIN, HASS, NESH and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHENAIS, ASHINE, SHENAI, AHIS, SESH, SHEN, AHI, AHS, NAES and SAN, 10 in all.
These 6 words take every letter of HESSIANS plus a single extra one.