Unscramble HYPERBOLE to get 188 words. HYPERBOLE itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from HYPERBOLE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 8 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with HYPERBOLE letters: HOLEYER, 13 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HYPERBOLE, HERBY, HYPER and PHYLE tie for first at 13 points. REPLY, PROBE and REBEL are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from HYPERBOLE are led by HYPE and HYPO, 12 points each. HERE, HELP and HOPE are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words made with HYPERBOLE letters is HYP, 11 points; HEY and HOY on 9 follow. PRO, BOY and EYE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HYPERBOLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HY · ending in LE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HEREBY (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HYPERBOLE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPERBOLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 147 | 188 | 139 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: HOLEYER, BERLEY, HERYE, PELORY, HERY, HYLE, PEEOY, PHEER, POLEY, YBORE, BHEL, BLEY and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: BROEY, PLOYE, PHEO, PYRO, PHO, PROB, YER, PO and LOR. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: HEBE.
These 2 words take every letter of HYPERBOLE plus a single extra one.