308 words come out when you unscramble HYPOSTROPHE, starting with HYPOSTROPHE itself: 24 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, THEOSOPHY, PHOSPHORET and SPOROPHYTE lead with 20 points. 11 letters: 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HYPOSTROPHE split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 2 with 9, 9 with 8, 31 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
The 10-letter words in HYPOSTROPHE come to 2, each scoring 20 points.
5 of 31 7-letter words from HYPOSTROPHE tie at 15 points; none scores more. SHOPPER, PROPOSE and PROPHET will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words from HYPOSTROPHE, SHOPPY leads with 16 points, then HYTHES on 15 and HYPERS on 14. PHOTOS, THEORY and POETRY are the familiar ones.
HOPPY and PHPHT share the top score of 15 among the 5-letter words in HYPOSTROPHE. PHOTO, TYPES and HOPES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with HYPOSTROPHE letters; 5 of them share the top score of 12. TYPE, SHOP and HOPE are everyday picks.
HYP tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HYPOSTROPHE at 11 points; next come HEH and HEY on 9. YES, HOT and YET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HYPOSTROPHE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with HY · ending in HE · all 11-letter words
The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PHOSPHOR and PROPHESY (18 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: HYPOSTROPHE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPOSTROPHE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 308) | 234 | 307 | 204 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 73 of them: HYPOSTROPHE, PHOSPHORET, PHOTOPSY, THEOSOPH, TROPHESY, HYTHES, POTHERY, HYTHE, POTSHOP, SHYPOO, YOPPERS, YOPPER and 61 more. Words With Friends* skips 31 of them: SHOPPY, PHORESY, HYPERS, POOPY, HOSEY, POPSTER, POTHOS, PTOOEY, PHEOS, POSEY, POSTOP, PREOPS and 19 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: POPERY.
Each word below uses all the letters of HYPOSTROPHE and one more.