208 words come out when you unscramble HOGSHEADS, starting with HOGSHEADS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HOGSHEAD, 16 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HOGSHEADS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 17 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with HOGSHEADS letters: HOGSHEAD, for 16 points.
The best of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HOGSHEADS is HASHED, 13 points; HASHES on 12 and GASHED on 11 follow. DOSAGE, SHADES and DASHES are everyday picks.
HOGHS and HOHED share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words from HOGSHEADS. SHOES, HEADS and SHADE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HOGSHEADS is HOGH, 11 points; HAHS and HASH on 10 follow. DOES, HEAD and DOGS are everyday picks.
4 of 60 3-letter words from HOGSHEADS tie at 9 points; none scores more. HAS, HAD and AGE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HOGSHEADS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
What HOGSHEADS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOGSHEADS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOGSHEADS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 171 | 205 | 150 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
34 of the 208 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHASHED, HOGHS, HOHED, HOGH, SEAHOGS, SHASH, DOSEHS, HOHA, HOHS, SEAHOG, DOSEH, HOAED and 22 more. 24 of the 208 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DOSHAS, DOSHES, DOSHA, ODAHS, AHED, DOHS, DOSH, ODAH, DOH, HAOS, HOSS, SESH and 12 more. 3 of the 208 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: DAGOES, DAGOS and DAGO.