Unscramble HESTERNAL to get 325 words. HESTERNAL itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HESTERNAL split into 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 50 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Of the 50 7-letter words in HESTERNAL, 24 score 10 points, the group's best. RENTALS, LEATHER and EASTERN are the ones most people know.
44 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HESTERNAL tie at 9 points; none scores more. ALERTS, HEARTS and HEATER will look familiar.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from HESTERNAL score 8 points. SHARE, HEART and EARTH are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HESTERNAL, the top score is 7, reached by 55. HERE, THEN and HEAR are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from HESTERNAL, 20 score 6 points, the group's best. ARE, HAS and ART are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HESTERNAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HE · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ENTHRALS, HALTERES, HASTENER, HEARTENS, LEATHERN and LEATHERS (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HESTERNAL is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HESTERNAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 325) | 260 | 325 | 250 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 65 of them: HESTERNAL, ARSHEEN, HARTENS, LATHEES, THRENES, ETHALS, HALSER, HARTEN, HEARES, HEASTE, LATHEE, LATHEN and 53 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: SHART, LAHS, SHEN, STERANE, AHS, ARENES, LAH, ATS, EST and TE.