Unscramble HYMENAEANS and you have 232 words, HYMENAEANS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. HYMENAEAN and HYMENEANS are the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HYMENAEANS split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 21 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
HYMENEAN is the only one of the 8-letter words in HYMENAEANS; it scores 16 points.
HYMENS and MYNAHS share the top score of 14 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HYMENAEANS. SHAMAN and SEAMAN are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words made with HYMENAEANS letters; 5 of them share the top score of 13. MEANS, NAMES and ENEMY are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HYMENAEANS, HYMN leads with 12 points, then ASHY and AYAH on 10. MANY, EASY and EYES are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 3-letter words from HYMENAEANS tie at 9 points; none scores more. HAS, MAY and ANY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HYMENAEANS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with HY · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HYMENS and MYNAHS (14 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HYMENAEANS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYMENAEANS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 175 | 232 | 163 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: HYMENAEANS, HYMENAEAN, HYMENEANS, HYMENEAN, ASHAME, HENNY, HYENS, MANEHS, SHAYA, HEAME, HEYS, HYEN and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: MENSHEN, YEAHS, YEESH, MENSH, NYAH, SAMEY, EENSY, MEH, SHEN, AHS, YAS and MES.