Unscramble HOOFBEATS to get 226 words. HOOFBEATS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. HOOFBEAT is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HOOFBEATS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 12 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
HOOFBEAT is the only one of the 8-letter words made with HOOFBEATS letters; it scores 16 points.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOOFBEATS, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. BOATS, BEAST and SHOOT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words made with HOOFBEATS letters, the top score is 10, reached by 6. BOTH, FAST and SAFE are the familiar ones.
FAH, FEH and FOH are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOOFBEATS, 9 points each. HAS, HOT and FAT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HOOFBEATS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
What HOOFBEATS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOOFBEATS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOFBEATS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 190 | 226 | 166 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEATHS, BOSHTA, BAFTS, BASHO, BEATH, BHATS, BOOHS, SAHEB, BAFT, BHAT, BOHS, BOOH and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BEHOOFS, BOHOS, FAHS, BOHO, FABS, FAH, FAB, FESTA, FEST, FOOS, HAOS, AHS and 12 more, 24 in all.