Unscramble HOTPLATES to get 288 words. HOTPLATES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 13: 4 of them, HOTPLATE, HEATSPOT and POSTHEAT included. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HOTPLATES split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 16 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
Of the 57 6-letter words from HOTPLATES, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. HOTELS, LATEST and POSTAL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOTPLATES, the top score is 10, reached by 19. HOTEL, PHASE and HELPS are the familiar ones.
25 of 60 4-letter words made with HOTPLATES letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. HELP, SHOP and HOPE will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOTPLATES, the top score is 8, reached by 8. HAS, TOP and HOT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HOTPLATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by POSTHEAT and TAPHOLES (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HOTPLATES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOTPLATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 239 | 286 | 219 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOTPLATES, HEATSPOT, HOTPLATE, PLASHET, LOATHEST, PHOLAS, LOTHEST, PLESH, SHOPE, SHOTTLE, APTOTES, ETHALS and 37 more, 49 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PHEOS, THESP, HEPS, PHEO, PHOS, PALEOS, PHO, HAOS, LAHS, AHS, HOS, LAH and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: HAOLES and HAOLE, 2 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of HOTPLATES plus a single extra one.