Unscramble HOSTELRIES and you have 368 words, HOSTELRIES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. 6 shorter words score 12, among them HOTELIERS, HELOTRIES and HETEROSIS. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HOSTELRIES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 9, 34 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
24 of 34 8-letter words made with HOSTELRIES letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. THEORIES, SHELTERS and HOLSTERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from HOSTELRIES, 36 score 10 points, the group's best. SHELTER, HOSTELS and HOSTILE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HOSTELRIES scores 9. HOTELS, EITHER and SHIRTS are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOSTELRIES score 8 points. OTHER, HOTEL and HORSE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from HOSTELRIES scores 7. HERE, HOST and HITS are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in HOSTELRIES, the top score is 6, reached by 21. SEE, ITS and HOT are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of HOSTELRIES, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
HOSTELRIES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOSTELRIES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOSTELRIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 368) | 292 | 368 | 268 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
76 of the 368 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HELIOSES, HEROISES, HOSTRIES, LEISHEST, THRISSEL, HERISSE, HEROISE, HOSTIES, LEISHER, TEHSILS, TOSHERS, TOSHIER and 64 more. 24 of the 368 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHEITELS, HORSIES, LITHOES, SHEITEL, SHEROES, HIREES, HORSIE, HOSERS, ROSHIS, SHITES, HIREE, HOSER and 12 more.
With one more tile, the letters of HOSTELRIES spell the words below.