Unscramble HYDROSCOPE and you have 290 words, HYDROSCOPE itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
H43Y43D2R1O1S1C34O1P34E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HYDROSCOPE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 23 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 9 letters.
PSYCHED scores highest among the 7-letter words in HYDROSCOPE at 18 points, ahead of CHYPRES and CORYPHE on 17.
4 of 60 6-letter words from HYDROSCOPE tie at 16 points; none scores more. CHOOSE, CHORDS and PSYCHO will look familiar.
PSYCH scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HYDROSCOPE at 15 points, ahead of HYPED on 14 and HYPER on 13. HOPES, CHOSE and HOPED are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from HYDROSCOPE, the top score is 12, reached by 5. SHOP, COPY and HOPE are the familiar ones.
HYP tops the 3-letter words in HYDROSCOPE at 11 points; next come HEY and HOY on 9. DRY, HOP and SPY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HYDROSCOPE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with HY · ending in PE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PSYCHED (18 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HYDROSCOPE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYDROSCOPE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 229 | 290 | 203 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
61 of the 290 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HYDROSCOPE, CORYPHES, CHYPRES, CORYPHE, CHYPRE, COSHERY, OCHREY, SHYPOO, DOHYOS, CORPSED, DOHYO, HOYED and 49 more. 26 of the 290 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PHORESY, PORCHED, HYPERS, COPSY, COHOES, HOSEY, COHOE, CORYS, OCHES, PHEOS, HEPS, OCHE and 14 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of HYDROSCOPE and one more.