Unscramble HETERONOMOUS and you have 388 words, HETERONOMOUS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, THEONOMOUS leads with 15 points. The 12 letters split into 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HETERONOMOUS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 9 with 9, 41 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in HETERONOMOUS: THEONOMOUS, for 15 points.
41 8-letter words from HETERONOMOUS; 17 of them share the top score of 13. SOUTHERN, ENORMOUS and HORMONES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble HETERONOMOUS, 13 score 12 points, the group's best. MONSTER, MOTHERS and THEOREM are the ones most people know.
27 of 60 6-letter words in HETERONOMOUS tie at 11 points; none scores more. MONTHS, MOTHER and HUNTER will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words made with HETERONOMOUS letters, the top score is 10, reached by 25. OTHER, HOUSE and NORTH are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HETERONOMOUS; 18 of them share the top score of 9. HOME, HERE and HOUR are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from HETERONOMOUS, the top score is 8, reached by 6. MEN, HOT and MET are the familiar ones.
These 3 words have the length of HETERONOMOUS, with one letter different:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OUTHOMERS (14 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HETERONOMOUS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HETERONOMOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 388) | 304 | 388 | 275 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
84 of the 388 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RHEOTOMES, ENRHEUMS, MOONSHEE, RHEOTOME, SHOREMEN, SHTOOMER, UNSMOOTH, ENRHEUM, HOSEMEN, MONETHS, REHOMES, HORMES and 72 more. 29 of the 388 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HONOUREES, SMOOTHE, HETMEN, HONOUREE, MOSHER, RHEMES, SHMEER, SHROOM, MENSH, MOHOS, RHEME, SHMOE and 17 more.