Unscramble HUSHERING and you have 250 words, HUSHERING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HUSHERING split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 11 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with HUSHERING letters: USHERING, for 12 points.
HEUGHS, HIGHER and SHEUGH are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HUSHERING, 13 points each. SINGER, GENIUS and HUNGER will look familiar.
HEIGH, HEUGH and HIGHS share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words from HUSHERING. USING, RINGS and NURSE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words in HUSHERING is HIGH, 11 points; HEHS and HISH on 10 follow. HUGE, HIRE and RUSH are everyday picks.
HEH, HUH and SHH are the top 3-letter words made with HUSHERING letters, 9 points each. RUN, GUN and SIN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HUSHERING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HU · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HUSHING (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HUSHERING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUSHERING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 250) | 189 | 250 | 181 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 61 of them: HUSHERING, HIGHERS, HUSHIER, HUSHER, HISH, EHING, EUGHS, HINGS, RHINES, RUSHEN, ERHUS, EUGH and 49 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: SHIUR, RUEING, SHEN, GIS, NEG, NUG, SIG and GI.