102 words come out when you unscramble HIDDENLY, starting with HIDDENLY itself: 16 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HYNDE, 12 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HIDDENLY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 6, 12 with 5, 40 with 4, 33 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 4-letter words from HIDDENLY, HYED leads with 11 points, then HYEN and HYLE on 10. LINE, HELD and DIED are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HIDDENLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HI · ending in LY · all 8-letter words
What HIDDENLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HIDDENLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIDDENLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 102) | 79 | 102 | 77 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HYNDE, HYED, HYEN, HYLE, HYE, HEID, HEND, HILD, NYED, LYNE, DEID, ELDIN and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NEDDY and DENI, 2 in all.