Unscramble HYPOSTRESS to get 299 words. HYPOSTRESS itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HYPOSTRESS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 8, 31 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 9 letters.
31 7-letter words in HYPOSTRESS; 5 of them share the top score of 15. POSTERS, HOSTESS and OYSTERS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HYPOSTRESS, 8 score 14 points, the group's best. THEORY, POETRY and HORSES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from HYPOSTRESS, the top score is 13, reached by 5. OTHER, TYPES and HORSE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HYPOSTRESS; 4 of them share the top score of 12. TYPE, SHOP and HOPE are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words from HYPOSTRESS, HYP leads with 11 points, then HEY and HOY on 9. YES, HOT and YET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HYPOSTRESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with HY · ending in SS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HYSSOPS, PHORESY, SYPHERS and TYPHOSE (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HYPOSTRESS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPOSTRESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 299) | 231 | 299 | 203 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 68 of them: HYPOSTRESS, PHYTOSES, TROPHESY, POTHERY, PHOSSY, SPOSHY, HOSTRY, PYROSES, SPOSHES, SYTHES, POSHES, POYSES and 56 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: PHORESY, HYPERS, HOSEYS, HOSEY, THESPS, PHEOS, POSEY, PYROS, THESP, HEPS, HOSERS, HOSSES and 16 more.