Unscramble HYMENEAN and you have 98 words, HYMENEAN itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are HYMEN and MYNAH, 13 points each. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HYMENEAN by length: 1 with 8 letters, 13 with 5, 24 with 4, 39 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 7 or 6 letters.
These 4 words have the length of HYMENEAN, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with HY · ending in AN · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HYMEN and MYNAH (13 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HYMENEAN 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYMENEAN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 98) | 73 | 98 | 71 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HYMENEAN, HENNY, HEAME, HYEN, MANEH, HYE, NYM, AMENE, MEANE, HAN, MENE, NEMN and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NYAH and MEH, 2 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of HYMENEAN plus a single extra one.