Unscramble HOGWARDS and you have 183 words, HOGWARDS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from HOGWARDS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 36 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOGWARDS are led by DHOWS and SHOWD, 12 points each. WORDS, ROADS and SWORD are the familiar ones.
DHOW tops the 4-letter words from HOGWARDS at 11 points; next come HAWS and HOWS on 10. SHOW, HARD and WORD will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with HOGWARDS letters, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. WAS, HAS and WHO are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of HOGWARDS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in DS · all 8-letter words
The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SHADOW (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HOGWARDS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOGWARDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 183) | 148 | 181 | 129 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: HOGWARDS, HOGWARD, SHROWD, SHOWD, WARDOGS, SHROW, WARDOG, DOWARS, GAWDS, WOAH, DOWAR, DROWS and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: SHWA, DOSHA, ODAHS, ARGH, DOHS, DOSH, ODAH, DOH, HAOS, AGROS, AHS, HOS and 9 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 2 of them: DAGOS and DAGO.