90 words come out when you unscramble HYPHENING, starting with HYPHENING itself: 21 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. HYPHEN is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HYPHENING split into 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 6, 17 with 5, 17 with 4, 37 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
HYP scores highest among the 3-letter words from HYPHENING at 11 points, ahead of GYP and HEH on 9. INN, HIP and PIN are the ones most people know.
This word has the length of HYPHENING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with HY · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of HYPHENING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HYPHENING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPHENING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 90) | 69 | 90 | 66 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HEYING, HYEING, PYEING, PYNING, HENNY, HYEN, PEGH, EHING, GENNY, HYE, NYING, PENING and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GYNIE, NEG and GI, 3 in all.