Unscramble HYPERNOVA to get 229 words. HYPERNOVA itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HYPERNOVA split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 16 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 8 letters.
HEAVY scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HYPERNOVA at 14 points, ahead of HARPY and HEAPY on 13. PHONE, PROVE and HAVEN are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from HYPERNOVA, HYPE and HYPO tie for first at 12 points. HAVE, OVER and VERY are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words from HYPERNOVA, HYP leads with 11 points, then HAY and HEY on 9. ANY, PAY and VAN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HYPERNOVA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HY · ending in VA · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HRYVNA, HYPERON, HYPONEA and OVERPAY (15 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HYPERNOVA, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPERNOVA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 176 | 228 | 160 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
52 of the 229 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HYPERNOVA, AVOYER, RENVOY, HOVEA, HOVEN, NYAOPE, PAEONY, PAVONE, PROYNE, PYONER, RHYNE, YRNEH and 40 more. 16 of the 229 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HRYVNA, APHONY, HEAPY, PERVY, PHONER, RAVEY, NYAH, PERVO, VAPER, PERV, PHEO, PYRO and 4 more. 1 of the 229 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
Each word below uses all the letters of HYPERNOVA and one more.