Unscramble TOOTHACHE and you have 140 words, TOOTHACHE itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HATCHET, 15 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from TOOTHACHE split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 7 with 6, 22 with 5, 47 with 4, 45 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 22 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TOOTHACHE, 5 score 13 points, the group's best. TEACH, CHEAT and HEATH are the ones most people know.
HECH tops the 4-letter words from TOOTHACHE at 12 points; next come HATH and HETH on 10. EACH, TECH and CHAT will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with TOOTHACHE letters, HAH, HEH and HOH tie for first at 9 points. TOO, HOT and ACT are everyday picks.
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HATCHET (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TOOTHACHE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOOTHACHE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 140) | 114 | 140 | 103 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 26 of them: THETCH, HECHT, HECH, CHOTA, HOHA, TACHO, COTH, HOH, ACH, CHA, CHE, ECH and 14 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: COHOE, CATH, ECHT, OCHE, TECH, OCH, HOO, TOCO, ECO, TEC and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of TOOTHACHE and one more.