Unscramble HYDRANTS and you have 207 words, HYDRANTS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are HYDRANT and SHANDRY, 14 points each. 8 letters: 1 vowel and 7 consonants.
H43Y43D2R1A1N12T1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HYDRANTS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 11 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 60 5-letter words from HYDRANTS, the top score is 12, reached by 5. HANDS, STAND and YARDS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HYDRANTS, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. DAYS, HARD and HAND are the ones most people know.
58 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HYDRANTS; 5 of them share the top score of 9. HAS, ANY and HAD are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HYDRANTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HY · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
What HYDRANTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HYDRANTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYDRANTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 207) | 156 | 207 | 142 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHANDRY, SYRAH, DAYNTS, YAHS, DAYNT, RHY, SDAYN, SHAND, TYRANS, ADRY, HADS, HARNS and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HANDSY, NYAH, DRYAS, SHART, TRYNA, AHS, TRADS, YAS, DANS, DAN, DAS, ATS and 2 more, 14 in all.
This word takes every letter of HYDRANTS plus a single extra one.