Unscramble HOSPITALS to get 290 words. HOSPITALS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HOSPITALS split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 15 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
16 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HOSPITALS tie at 11 points; none scores more. POSTAL, POLISH and PILOTS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from HOSPITALS, the top score is 10, reached by 18. SHIPS, SHOPS and SHOTS are the familiar ones.
22 of 60 4-letter words in HOSPITALS tie at 9 points; none scores more. SHOP, SHIP and HOST will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with HOSPITALS letters, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. HAS, TOP and HOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HOSPITALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of HOSPITALS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOSPITALS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOSPITALS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 246 | 290 | 221 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: POISHAS, PHOLAS, SPLISH, SHALOTS, SHAPS, SPOSH, HIPT, HOASTS, PAHS, POHS, POSTILS, SAITHS and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 25 of them: SLAPSHOT, LITHOPS, PITHOS, ASLOSH, PHOS, THALIS, PHO, THALI, AHIS, HAOS, HOSS, LAHS and 13 more.
This word takes every letter of HOSPITALS plus a single extra one.