Unscramble HOMOPTEROUS and you have 352 words, HOMOPTEROUS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HOMOPTEROUS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 8 with 9, 16 with 8, 53 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2.
POORMOUTHS is the only one of the 10-letter words made with HOMOPTEROUS letters; it scores 17 points.
HUMPERS, MORPHOS and THUMPER share the top score of 14 among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble HOMOPTEROUS. PROMOTE, MOTHERS and SHOOTER are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 6-letter words from HOMOPTEROUS tie at 13 points; none scores more. PHOTOS, MOTHER and SMOOTH will look familiar.
60 5-letter words in HOMOPTEROUS; 7 of them share the top score of 12. PHOTO, HOMES and MOUTH are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words made with HOMOPTEROUS letters are led by HEMP, HUMP and UMPH, 11 points each. HOME, SHOP and HOPE are the familiar ones.
14 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOMOPTEROUS tie at 8 points; none scores more. HOT, MET and HOP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HOMOPTEROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HOMEPORTS (16 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOMOPTEROUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOMOPTEROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 352) | 290 | 352 | 253 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
62 of the 352 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PORTHOUSE, POUTHERS, SHTOOMER, SUPERMOTO, PORTHOS, POUTHER, SUMPH, HORMES, METHOS, RESTUMP, SHTOOM, HORME and 50 more. 37 of the 352 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: POORMOUTHS, POORMOUTH, HUMPERS, HUMPER, SMOOTHE, UMPHS, MOSHER, POTHOS, RUMPOTS, SHROOM, UMPH, MOHOS and 25 more.