286 words come out when you unscramble HYPOTHESIS, starting with HYPOTHESIS itself: 21 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HYPHIES leads with 18 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from HYPOTHESIS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 8, 18 with 7, 55 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 9 letters.
HYTHES and SHYISH share the top score of 15 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HYPOTHESIS. THESIS is the one most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words from HYPOTHESIS is HYTHE, 14 points; HYPES and HYPOS on 13 follow. TYPES, SHIPS and SHOPS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from HYPOTHESIS, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. TYPE, SHOP and HOPE are the ones most people know.
HYP tops the 3-letter words in HYPOTHESIS at 11 points; next come HEH and HEY on 9. YES, HOT and YET will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of HYPOTHESIS, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with HY · ending in IS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PHTHISES (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HYPOTHESIS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPOTHESIS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 219 | 286 | 190 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
67 of the 286 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HYPHIES, PHYTOSES, PHYTOSIS, HYTHES, SHYISH, HYTHE, PHOSSY, SPOSHY, ETHIOPS, HISHES, HITHES, PHOH and 55 more. 29 of the 286 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PHISHES, PHYSIOS, PHYSIO, PHISH, HOSEYS, HOSEY, PITHOS, THESPS, PHEOS, PISSY, POSEY, THESP and 17 more.
These 3 words take every letter of HYPOTHESIS plus a single extra one.