Unscramble HUNTAWAYS and you have 211 words, HUNTAWAYS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HUNTAWAY leads with 17 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
H43U12N12T1A1W4A1Y43S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HUNTAWAYS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 11 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
HUNTAWAY is the only one of the 8-letter words made with HUNTAWAYS letters; it scores 17 points.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HUNTAWAYS are led by THAWY and WASHY, 14 points each. WANTS, NASTY and SAUNA are the familiar ones.
WHYS tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HUNTAWAYS at 13 points; next come ASHY and AWAY on 10. WANT, STAY and THUS will look familiar.
WHY scores highest among the 3-letter words from HUNTAWAYS at 12 points, ahead of HAW and HAY on 9. WAS, HAS and ANY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HUNTAWAYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HU · ending in YS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by WASHY (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: HUNTAWAYS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUNTAWAYS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 154 | 211 | 144 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: HUNTAWAYS, HUNTAWAY, SWATHY, THAWY, WHANAUS, WHANAU, WHATAS, WHATNA, ASWAY, AWAYS, SAWAH, SHAYA and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: UNTHAWS, UNTHAW, NYAH, SHWA, WAAH, UNSAW, AHS, YAS, ATS and SAN.