Unscramble HOPBINDS and you have 171 words, HOPBINDS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. HOPBIND is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HOPBINDS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 7 with 6, 18 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Among 60 4-letter words from HOPBINDS, the top score is 9, reached by 15. SHOP, SHIP and BIDS are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 3-letter words from HOPBINDS tie at 8 points; none scores more. BID, BIN and HIP will look familiar.
Trade one tile of HOPBINDS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in DS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BISHOP and DONSHIP (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HOPBINDS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOPBINDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 171) | 141 | 171 | 124 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 30 of them: HOPBINDS, HOPBIND, BODHIS, BODHI, BIDONS, BOHS, HONDS, POHS, BIDON, BOH, HOND, DOBS and 18 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: DONSHIP, BISH, PHOS, DOHS, DOSH, PHO, SIDH, DOH, INSPO, DINOS, HOS, SHO and 5 more.