Unscramble HETES and you have 31 words, HETES itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: SHEET, THEES and THESE. 7 shorter words score 7, among them ETHE, ETHS and HEST. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from HETES by length: 4 with 5 letters, 8 with 4, 11 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of HETES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with HE · ending in ES · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SHEET and THESE (8 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts HETES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HETES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 31) | 23 | 31 | 20 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HETES, THEES, ETHE, HETE, SHET, EHS, EE and ST, 8 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EST, TES and TE, 3 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of HETES and one more.