130 words come out when you unscramble HOGMANAY, starting with HOGMANAY itself: 17 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of HOGMANAY is on the page: MAHOGANY, each 17 points. MYNAH is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HOGMANAY by length: 2 with 8 letters, 14 with 5, 40 with 4, 52 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 7 or 6 letters.
HOMY and HYMN share the top score of 12 among the 4-letter words from HOGMANAY. MANY, YOGA and HANG are the ones most people know.
52 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOGMANAY; 4 of them share the top score of 9. MAY, ANY and MAN are everyday picks.
These 2 words have the length of HOGMANAY, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in AY · all 8-letter words
What HOGMANAY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOGMANAY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOGMANAY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 130) | 109 | 129 | 101 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
21 of the 130 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HAOMA, MAHA, MOYA, GYAN, MOY, NGOMA, NYM, MANG, MONG, NOAH, YGO, HAN and 9 more. 8 of the 130 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NYAH, HOMA, GYNO, HOM, MANGA, YAG, NAGA and OMA. 1 of the 130 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: GOY.
Each word below uses all the letters of HOGMANAY and one more.