Unscramble HOSTILELY to get 262 words. HOSTILELY itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 13: 4 of them, HYLOIST, ISOHYET and LITHELY included. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from HOSTILELY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 14 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 41 6-letter words in HOSTILELY, 9 score 12 points, the group's best. HOTELS, SOLELY and HOSTEL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOSTILELY, the top score is 11, reached by 12. HOTEL, STYLE and HELLO are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 4-letter words from HOSTILELY tie at 10 points; none scores more. TOYS, HILL and HOST will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOSTILELY, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. ITS, YES and HOT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of HOSTILELY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
HOSTILELY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HOSTILELY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOSTILELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 262) | 196 | 262 | 186 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HYLOIST, THYLOSE, HYLIST, LYTHES, HYLES, LYTHE, SYTHE, TOSHY, HEYS, HYES, HYLE, TOLLEYS and 54 more, 66 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HOSEY, LITHOES, SHITE, HOS, OLLIES, SHO, SOH, EST, OI and TE, 10 in all.
This word takes every letter of HOSTILELY plus a single extra one.