Unscramble HORTATORY and you have 138 words, HORTATORY itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, THROATY leads with 13 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
H43O1R1T1A1T1O1R1Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HORTATORY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 9 with 6, 26 with 5, 44 with 4, 40 with 3 and 14 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with HORTATORY letters: ROTATORY, 11 points.
AHOY and HOYA share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words in HORTATORY. ROOT, TRAY and OATH are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HORTATORY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by THROATY (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HORTATORY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORTATORY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 138) | 115 | 138 | 109 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 23 of them: RHY, OTARY, ROARY, RORTY, YARTO, HARO, HOOR, OARY, RORY, TATH, THAR, TOHO and 11 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: HOTTY, OATY, HOO, TORTA, ARO and ROO.