Unscramble HOLYDAMES and you have 282 words, HOLYDAMES itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HOLYDAME, HOLYDAMS and SHAMOYED lead with 17 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 HOLYDAMES split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 9 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
HOMELY, HOMEYS and SHAMOY share the top score of 14 among the 6-letter words from HOLYDAMES. MODELS, DELAYS and MELODY are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLYDAMES are led by HOMEY, MASHY and MESHY, 13 points each. HOMES, SHAME and SHADY are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLYDAMES is HOMY, 12 points; HYED and YODH on 11 follow. HOME, DAYS and YEAH are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from HOLYDAMES, the top score is 9, reached by 7. HAS, MAY and HAD are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of HOLYDAMES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SHAMOYED (17 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HOLYDAMES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLYDAMES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 282) | 223 | 281 | 197 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOLYDAMES, HOLYDAME, HOLYDAMS, HOLYDAM, SMOYLED, HAYLES, HAYSEL, HOYED, MOYLED, HAMED, HAMOSE, HAYLE and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HOMEYS, SAMOYED, EMDASH, MOSHED, SOYMEAL, HOLMES, HOSEY, YEAHS, HOLME, HOMAS, MOLYS, SAMEY and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: HAOLES.
These 2 words take every letter of HOLYDAMES plus a single extra one.