Unscramble HOSTRIES and you have 278 words, HOSTRIES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: HOISTERS, HORSIEST and SHORTIES. 9 shorter words score 10, among them HERIOTS, HOISTER and HORSIES. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HOSTRIES split into 4 with 8 letters, 17 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Among 59 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HOSTRIES, the top score is 9, reached by 32. STORES, SHIRTS and SISTER are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words from HOSTRIES; 47 of them share the top score of 8. OTHER, SHORT and SHOES are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words made with HOSTRIES letters, the top score is 7, reached by 43. REST, HOST and HITS are the familiar ones.
21 of 55 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOSTRIES tie at 6 points; none scores more. ITS, SET and HOT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of HOSTRIES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HOISTERS, HORSIEST and SHORTIES (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HOSTRIES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOSTRIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 278) | 216 | 277 | 192 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
61 of the 278 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOSTRIES, HOSTIES, TOSHERS, TOSHIER, HOSTIE, SEHRIS, SIETHS, SITHES, TOSHER, ISHES, RHIES, ROHES and 49 more. 24 of the 278 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HORSIES, HORSIE, HOSERS, ROSHIS, SHITES, HOSER, ROSHI, SHERO, SHITE, HOSS, SESH, SOHS and 12 more. 1 of the 278 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of HOSTRIES and one more.