282 words come out when you unscramble HYPERBOLES, starting with HYPERBOLES itself: 20 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HYPERBOLE, 19 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HYPERBOLES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 19 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 8 letters.
HYPERBOLE is the only one of the 9-letter words in HYPERBOLES; it scores 19 points.
The 7-letter words made with HYPERBOLES letters are led by PHORESY and SPYHOLE, 15 points each. HELPERS and LEPROSY are the familiar ones.
7 of 56 6-letter words from HYPERBOLES tie at 14 points; none scores more. HEROES, HEREBY and SPHERE will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HYPERBOLES; 7 of them share the top score of 13. REPLY, HELPS and HOPES are everyday picks.
4 of 60 4-letter words in HYPERBOLES tie at 12 points; none scores more. HELP, SHOP and HOPE will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with HYPERBOLES letters, HYP leads with 11 points, then HEY and HOY on 9. YES, BOY and EYE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HYPERBOLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with HY · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PHORESY (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HYPERBOLES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPERBOLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 282) | 215 | 282 | 195 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPYHOLE, SHEEPY, HOLEYER, BERLEYS, HERBOSE, HERYES, SLEEPRY, BEPROSE, BERLEY, HERYE, HYLES, PEEOYS and 53 more, 65 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PHORESY, HYPERS, HOSEY, PLOYES, YEESH, BROEY, PHEOS, PLOYE, POSEY, PYROS, HEPS, PHEO and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Scrabble US: HEBES and HEBE, 2 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of HYPERBOLES spell the words below.