Unscramble HIDEBOUND to get 186 words. HIDEBOUND itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
H43I1D2E1B34O1U12N12D2
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HIDEBOUND by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 15 with 6, 26 with 5, 52 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
UNBODIED is the only one of the 8-letter words in HIDEBOUND; it scores 12 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HIDEBOUND, BODHI, BUNDH and DHOBI tie for first at 11 points. BOUND, HOUND and DIODE are everyday picks.
Among 52 4-letter words in HIDEBOUND, the top score is 8, reached by 9. DONE, DIED and HIDE are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words made with HIDEBOUND letters, BOH, HOB and HUB tie for first at 8 points. DID, END and DUE are everyday picks.
These 2 words have the length of HIDEBOUND, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with HI · ending in ND · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BEHIND, HOUNDED and UNBODIED (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HIDEBOUND, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIDEBOUND itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 186) | 141 | 186 | 132 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: BODHI, BUNDH, BUNDIED, HUDDEN, BUNDED, BOUNED, DEBUD, HOIED, BIDON, BOH, BUNDE, HEID and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: BOUDIN, HUNDO, DOBE, DOH, DUH, DENI, DINO, UDON and OI.