Unscramble HOLYDAMS and you have 199 words, HOLYDAMS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. HOLYDAM is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HOLYDAMS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 7 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in HOLYDAMS: HOLYDAM, 16 points.
Among the 5-letter words from HOLYDAMS, MASHY leads with 13 points, then DASHY and SHADY on 12. HOLDS, LOADS and SADLY are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLYDAMS is HOMY, 12 points; YODH on 11 and AHOY on 10 follow. DAYS, HOLD and LADY are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from HOLYDAMS, the top score is 9, reached by 4. HAS, MAY and HAD are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of HOLYDAMS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in MS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SHAMOY (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HOLYDAMS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLYDAMS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 199) | 160 | 199 | 137 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOLYDAMS, HOLYDAM, OMLAHS, DOMY, LYAMS, MOYAS, MOYLS, OMLAH, SHALM, YAHS, DHOLS, LYAM and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HOMAS, MOLYS, DOSHA, HOMA, HOMS, MODALS, MOSH, ODAHS, DOHS, DOSH, HOM, ODAH and 11 more, 23 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of HOLYDAMS and one more.