Unscramble HOTSPURS and you have 211 words, HOTSPURS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HOTSPUR and UPSHOTS lead with 12 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
H43O1T1S1P34U12R1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HOTSPURS split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 27 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Of the 27 6-letter words in HOTSPURS, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. SPORTS, SHORTS and SHOUTS are the ones most people know.
9 of 57 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOTSPURS tie at 10 points; none scores more. SOUTH, POSTS and HOURS will look familiar.
60 4-letter words from HOTSPURS; 13 of them share the top score of 9. POST, SHOP and PORT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HOTSPURS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in RS · all 8-letter words
HOTSPURS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HOTSPURS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOTSPURS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 182 | 211 | 168 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 29 of them: SPRUSH, SPOSH, HUPS, POHS, PRUH, SOHURS, STOUSH, STROUPS, HOUTS, HUSOS, PUH, SOHUR and 17 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: SHTUPS, SHTUP, PHOS, PHO, HOSS, SOHS, HOS, SHO, SOH, POS, PST, URP and 2 more.