Unscramble HYPOSTROPHES and you have 363 words, HYPOSTROPHES itself among them: it scores 25 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. HYPOSTROPHE is the best of the shorter words, at 24 points. It has 12 letters, 3 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HYPOSTROPHES split into 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 11, 3 with 10, 8 with 9, 27 with 8, 58 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
HYPOSTROPHE tops the 11-letter words made with HYPOSTROPHES letters at 24 points; next come PHOSPHORETS and SPOROPHYTES on 21.
All 3 of the 10-letter words in HYPOSTROPHES score 20 points.
PHOSPHOR, PHOTOPSY and PROPHESY share the top score of 18 among the 8-letter words from HYPOSTROPHES. SHOPPERS, PROPOSES and PROPHETS are the ones most people know.
7 of 58 7-letter words made with HYPOSTROPHES letters tie at 15 points; none scores more. POSTERS, SHOPPER and PROPOSE will look familiar.
SHOPPY scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HYPOSTROPHES at 16 points, ahead of HYTHES on 15 and HYPERS on 14. PHOTOS, THEORY and POETRY are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from HYPOSTROPHES, HOPPY and PHPHT tie for first at 15 points. PHOTO, SHOPS and HOPES are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in HYPOSTROPHES, the top score is 12, reached by 5. TYPE, SHOP and HOPE are the familiar ones.
HYP tops the 3-letter words made with HYPOSTROPHES letters at 11 points; next come HEH and HEY on 9. YES, HOT and YET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HYPOSTROPHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with HY · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 5 strongest answers mean; PHOSPHORS (19 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: HYPOSTROPHES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPOSTROPHES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 363) | 273 | 362 | 236 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HYPOSTROPHES, HYPOSTROPHE, PHOSPHORETS, PHOSPHORET, PHOTOPSY, THEOSOPHS, PHYTOSES, THEOSOPH, TROPHESY, HYTHES, POTHERY, POTSHOPS and 77 more, 89 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHOPPY, PHORESY, HYPERS, POTHOSES, PSYOPS, HOSEYS, POOPY, POPSTERS, POSTPOSE, SHOOSH, HOSEY, POPSTER and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: POPERY.