Unscramble HUNKERED to get 132 words. HUNKERED itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HUNKERED split into 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 6, 19 with 5, 55 with 4, 37 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 7 letters.
KHUD tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HUNKERED at 12 points; next come HUNK and KUEH on 11. HERE, NEED and DUKE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HUNKERED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HU · ending in ED · all 8-letter words
HUNKERED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HUNKERED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUNKERED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 132) | 92 | 132 | 88 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KHUD, KUEH, EUKED, HERDEN, HURDEN, REKED, UNKED, DEEK, EHED, HEND, KED, NERK and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RUKH, KUNE, DUH and EEK, 4 in all.