Unscramble HETEROGENESIS to get 437 words. HETEROGENESIS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. HETEROGENIES is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 13 letters split into 6 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HETEROGENESIS split into 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 1 with 11, 2 with 10, 41 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
There is a single one of the 12-letter words made with HETEROGENESIS letters: HETEROGENIES, 16 points.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words in HETEROGENESIS: ESTHESIOGEN, for 15 points.
SHOESTRING tops the 10-letter words you get when you unscramble HETEROGENESIS at 14 points; next comes NEOTERISES on 10.
41 9-letter words from HETEROGENESIS; 11 of them share the top score of 13.
Among 60 8-letter words made with HETEROGENESIS letters, the top score is 12, reached by 21. THEORIES, ENERGIES and EIGHTEEN are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble HETEROGENESIS, 22 score 11 points, the group's best. HOSTING, NEITHER and HORNETS are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from HETEROGENESIS; 30 of them share the top score of 10. RIGHTS, THINGS and EITHER are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words in HETEROGENESIS, the top score is 9, reached by 31. RIGHT, NIGHT and THING are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words made with HETEROGENESIS letters; 11 of them share the top score of 8. HERE, HOST and HITS are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HETEROGENESIS are led by GHI and HOG, 7 points each. GET, HOT and GOT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HETEROGENESIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with HE · ending in IS · all 13-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EIGHTEENS, HISTOGENS, OTHERINGS, RESHOEING, RIGHTNESS, SHEETINGS, SIGHTSEEN and SIGHTSEER (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HETEROGENESIS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HETEROGENESIS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 437) | 345 | 435 | 308 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
92 of the 437 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HETEROGENESIS, ESTHESIOGEN, SEETHINGS, SONGSHEET, ETHERIONS, HORSINGS, HOSTINGS, NOSHERIES, RIGHTENS, SHOEINGS, THERENESS, THREENESS and 80 more. 37 of the 437 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OTHERINGS, ETHERISES, OTHERING, THONGIER, ETHERISE, HONGIES, HENGES, HORSIES, SHEROES, SHOGIS, STEERINGS, GOETH and 25 more. 2 of the 437 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: SHEENIES and SHEENIE.