Unscramble HYPHENATION and you have 286 words, HYPHENATION itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HYPHENATION by length: 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 9, 3 with 8, 13 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 38 with 2. None has 10 letters.
HYPHAE and HYPHEN share the top score of 17 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HYPHENATION. NATION, PYTHON and NINETY are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words made with HYPHENATION letters is HYPHA, 16 points; HYTHE on 14 and EPHAH on 13 follow. PHONE, PAINT and HONEY are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HYPHENATION are led by HYPE, HYPO and PHOH, 12 points each. TYPE, HOPE and PATH are the familiar ones.
HYP tops the 3-letter words from HYPHENATION at 11 points; next come HAH and HAY on 9. ANY, HOT and PAY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HYPHENATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with HY · ending in ON · all 11-letter words
HYPHENATION first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HYPHENATION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPHENATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 224 | 286 | 207 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TYPHONIAN, HYPNONE, HYPATE, HYTHE, PANEITY, PENTHIA, PHOH, POYNANT, THYINE, HAITH, HENNY, HITHE and 50 more, 62 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: APHONY, PHYTIN, HEAPY, HIYA, NYAH, PHEO, TANNOY, ANYON, HAINT, PANINO, PHO, TENNY and 5 more, 17 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of HYPHENATION plus a single extra one.