Unscramble HETERONYM and you have 242 words, HETERONYM itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are MOTHERY and MYNHEER, 15 points each. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HETERONYM by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 8 letters.
4 of 30 6-letter words in HETERONYM tie at 12 points; none scores more. MOTHER, REMOTE and THEORY will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HETERONYM, 5 score 13 points, the group's best. OTHER, THERE and THREE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from HETERONYM, HOMY, HYMN and MYTH tie for first at 12 points. HOME, HERE and THEN are everyday picks.
6 of 60 3-letter words in HETERONYM tie at 9 points; none scores more. MEN, HOT and YET will look familiar.
Trade one tile of HETERONYM for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with HE · ending in YM · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MOTHERY and MYNHEER (15 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HETERONYM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HETERONYM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 184 | 242 | 174 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: HERYE, MONETH, REHOME, RHYNE, TOYMEN, YRNEH, HERY, HORME, HYEN, METHO, MEYNT, EOTHEN and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: HETMEN, MONTY, RHEME, HOM, MEH, MENTO, YEET, YER, EMO and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of HETERONYM spell the words below.