Unscramble HIEROGRAPHY and you have 256 words, HIEROGRAPHY itself among them: it scores 23 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HIEROGRAPH, 19 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from HIEROGRAPHY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 9 letters.
HIEROGRAPH is the only one of the 10-letter words made with HIEROGRAPHY letters; it scores 19 points.
HYPHAE tops the 6-letter words from HIEROGRAPHY at 17 points; next come RHAPHE on 14 and GHARRY on 13. HIGHER, REPAIR and PRAYER will look familiar.
HYPHA scores highest among the 5-letter words from HIEROGRAPHY at 16 points, ahead of EPHAH and HARPY on 13. HARRY, HAIRY and GRAPH are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in HIEROGRAPHY, HYPE, HYPO and PHOH tie for first at 12 points. HIGH, HOPE and HAIR are everyday picks.
HYP tops the 3-letter words made with HIEROGRAPHY letters at 11 points; next come GYP and HAH on 9. GAY, PAY and RAY will look familiar.
Trade one tile of HIEROGRAPHY for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with HI · ending in HY · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HYPHAE (17 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HIEROGRAPHY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIEROGRAPHY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 202 | 255 | 187 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HIEROGRAPHY, HIEROGRAPH, AHIGH, HAYIER, PHOH, GRYPE, HOGH, HEPAR, HERY, HIRAGE, HOHA, PEGH and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HEAPY, PEROGY, GYPO, HIYA, PEROGI, PHEO, PYRO, ARGH, PHO, YAGE, YAG, AHI and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOY.