134 words come out when you unscramble HOPINGLY, starting with HOPINGLY itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. HYPOING is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 8 letters split into 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 HOPINGLY split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 22 with 5, 38 with 4, 42 with 3 and 18 with 2.
GLYPH scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOPINGLY at 14 points, ahead of HIPLY and PHONY on 13. LYING and LINGO are the ones most people know.
HYPO tops the 4-letter words from HOPINGLY at 12 points; next come YOGH on 11 and GYPO on 10. ONLY, LONG and HOLY will look familiar.
HYP scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOPINGLY at 11 points, ahead of GYP and HOY on 9. LOG, OIL and HIP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HOPINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in LY · all 8-letter words
HOPINGLY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HOPINGLY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOPINGLY itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 134) | 111 | 133 | 99 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOYING, NIGHLY, POHING, GILPY, PIONY, HOING, PIOY, HING, PLING, PLONG, GOLP, YGO and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HOPINGLY, HIPLY, PONGY, GYPO, HONGI, GYNO, PHO, LIPO, LOGIN, PO, GI and OI, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOY.
This word takes every letter of HOPINGLY plus a single extra one.