Unscramble HISTOGENS to get 295 words. HISTOGENS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are HISTOGEN, HOSTINGS and SHOEINGS, 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.
By length, the words from HISTOGENS split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 23 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
7 of 23 7-letter words in HISTOGENS tie at 11 points; none scores more. HOSTING, TOSSING and HISTONE will look familiar.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HISTOGENS; 18 of them share the top score of 10. THINGS, NIGHTS and THONGS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words from HISTOGENS, 25 score 9 points, the group's best. NIGHT, THING and SHOES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HISTOGENS; 10 of them share the top score of 8. THEN, HOST and HITS are everyday picks.
GHI and HOG share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words from HISTOGENS. GET, ITS and HOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HISTOGENS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HI · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
What HISTOGENS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HISTOGENS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HISTOGENS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 295) | 233 | 295 | 207 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOSTINGS, SHOEINGS, THINGOS, TOSHING, GOSHTS, HETING, HOGENS, HONGIS, HOSTIES, THINGO, EHING, GHEST and 50 more, 62 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HONGIES, SHOGIS, GOETH, GOTHS, HONGI, SHITES, SHOGI, GOTH, SHITE, STINGES, HOSS, SESH and 14 more, 26 in all.
These 4 words take every letter of HISTOGENS plus a single extra one.