Unscramble HOTELLING and you have 246 words, HOTELLING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HELLOING and HOTELING lead with 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HOTELLING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 12 with 7, 33 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
8 of 33 6-letter words from HOTELLING tie at 10 points; none scores more. LENGTH and LEGION will look familiar.
Of the 55 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOTELLING, 14 score 9 points, the group's best. HOTEL, NIGHT and LIGHT are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HOTELLING tie at 8 points; none scores more. THEN, LINE and LONG will look familiar.
GHI and HOG share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words from HOTELLING. NOT, ONE and GET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HOTELLING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HELLOING (12 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: HOTELLING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOTELLING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 246) | 189 | 246 | 176 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOTELLING, HOTELING, ENLIGHT, HELING, HETING, THINGO, EHING, HOGEN, HOING, HING, HOTEN, ILLTH and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HOGLET, GOETH, HONGI, GOTH, LOGIN, GITE, INTEL, OLLIE, LILO, NEG, GI, OI and 1 more, 13 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of HOTELLING and one more.