Unscramble HORTATION and you have 204 words, HORTATION itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. HORNITO and ORTHIAN are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HORTATION split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 14 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
ROTATION is the only one of the 8-letter words made with HORTATION letters; it scores 8 points.
13 of 40 5-letter words from HORTATION tie at 8 points; none scores more. NORTH, TRAIN and RATIO will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HORTATION; 29 of them share the top score of 7. ANTI, HAIR and ROOT are everyday picks.
19 of 60 3-letter words from HORTATION tie at 6 points; none scores more. NOT, ART and TOO will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of HORTATION, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HORNITO (10 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HORTATION 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORTATION itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 204) | 156 | 204 | 144 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 48 of them: HORTATION, ORTHIAN, AHINT, HIANT, HAIN, HARN, HARO, HOON, HOOR, NOAH, TANH, TATH and 36 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: ANTHRO, HAINT, NOTATOR, AHI, HOO, NATTO, TORTA, ARO, ONO, RAI, ROO and OI.
This word takes every letter of HORTATION plus a single extra one.