Unscramble HINDERING and you have 165 words, HINDERING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are HERDING, HENDING and INHERING, 12 points each. The 9 letters split into 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 HINDERING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 12 with 7, 32 with 6, 28 with 5, 38 with 4, 39 with 3 and 13 with 2.
5 of 32 6-letter words from HINDERING tie at 11 points; none scores more. ENDING, DINING and DINNER will look familiar.
Of the 28 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HINDERING, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. INNER, RIDGE and INDIE are the ones most people know.
38 4-letter words made with HINDERING letters; 8 of them share the top score of 8. RING, HIRE and HIDE are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HINDERING are led by EDH, GHI and HID, 7 points each. END, RED and INN are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of HINDERING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with HI · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of HINDERING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HINDERING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HINDERING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 133 | 165 | 126 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HENDING, DERNING, EHING, DERING, DIRIGE, HEID, HEND, HING, RHINE, DERIG, ENRING, ERNING and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HINNIE, RINDING, DENI, INNIE, NINER, NEG and GI, 7 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of HINDERING and one more.