240 words come out when you unscramble HYDRATING, starting with HYDRATING itself: 17 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. DINGHY and HYDRANT are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HYDRATING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
TARDYING is the only one of the 8-letter words in HYDRATING; it scores 13 points.
DINGHY scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HYDRATING at 14 points, ahead of HANGRY and HAYING on 13. RATING, TRYING and DATING are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from HYDRATING, the top score is 12, reached by 4. RIGHT, NIGHT and THING are the familiar ones.
HIYA and NYAH are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HYDRATING, 10 points each. HARD, HAND and HAIR will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from HYDRATING, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. ANY, HAD and DAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HYDRATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HY · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
HYDRATING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HYDRATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYDRATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 188 | 240 | 171 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: RHYTINA, TARDYING, GIANTRY, ANIGHT, GANDY, GRAITH, GYRANT, RAHING, THRANG, AHIND, AIGHT, ANIGH and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: HANGRY, THINGY, HIYA, NYAH, AHING, RINDY, THANG, ARGH, HAINT, TRYNA, TIYN, TYIN and 5 more.