Unscramble ORTHOGRAPHS and you have 258 words, ORTHOGRAPHS itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ORTHOGRAPHS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 1 with 9, 1 with 8, 13 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Among the 10-letter words in ORTHOGRAPHS, ORTHOGRAPH leads with 19 points, then ROTOGRAPHS on 16.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with ORTHOGRAPHS letters: ROTOGRAPH, 15 points.
PORTHORS is the only one of the 8-letter words from ORTHOGRAPHS; it scores 13 points.
Among 40 6-letter words made with ORTHOGRAPHS letters, the top score is 12, reached by 5. PHOTOS, TROOPS and GRAPHS are the familiar ones.
HOGHS scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ORTHOGRAPHS at 12 points, ahead of GRAPH and HARSH on 11. PHOTO, SHORT and PARTS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words from ORTHOGRAPHS is PHOH, 12 points; HOGH on 11 and HAHS on 10 follow. SHOP, HOST and PATH are everyday picks.
HAH, HOH and SHH share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words in ORTHOGRAPHS. HAS, TOP and HOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ORTHOGRAPHS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with OR · ending in HS · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SHOPHAR (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: ORTHOGRAPHS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORTHOGRAPHS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 258) | 207 | 258 | 187 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
51 of the 258 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ORTHOGRAPHS, ORTHOGRAPH, ROTOGRAPHS, ROTOGRAPH, PORTHORS, HOGHS, PHOH, PORTHOS, HOGH, HOOSH, PHASOR, SPARTH and 39 more. 20 of the 258 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: POTHOS, GOTHS, PHOS, ARGH, PHO, POGOS, SHART, SPROG, HAOS, POGO, HOO, HOS and 8 more.