Unscramble HURRICANE and you have 250 words, HURRICANE itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of HURRICANE are on the page: RAUNCHIER and UNCHARIER, each 14 points. Of the shorter words, ECHIURAN leads with 13 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HURRICANE split into 3 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 21 with 2.
20 of 35 6-letter words from HURRICANE tie at 11 points; none scores more. ARCHER, RICHER and ENRICH will look familiar.
60 5-letter words in HURRICANE; 22 of them share the top score of 10. CHINA, CHAIR and CHAIN are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words made with HURRICANE letters, the top score is 9, reached by 14. EACH, CARE and NICE are the familiar ones.
Of the 58 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HURRICANE, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. ARE, CAN and CAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HURRICANE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HU · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; RAUNCHIER (14 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HURRICANE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HURRICANE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 250) | 186 | 250 | 170 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNCHARIER, ECHIURAN, ARCHEI, CHENAR, CHINAR, ENARCH, ERIACH, NICHER, URACHI, CANEH, NACHE, NAUCH and 52 more, 64 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CHAINER, CHIRREN, UNCHAIR, INCHER, UNHAIRER, ARCHI, CHIRU, CHAI, CAURI, UNICA, AHI, CRIA and 4 more, 16 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of HURRICANE and one more.