Unscramble UNTHAWED and you have 181 words, UNTHAWED itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from UNTHAWED by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 11 with 6, 23 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with UNTHAWED letters: HAUNTED, for 11 points.
HAWED scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UNTHAWED at 12 points, ahead of WHEAT on 11 and AWNED on 9. DEATH, TUNED and HATED are the ones most people know.
8 of 60 4-letter words from UNTHAWED tie at 10 points; none scores more. DATE, THEN and WANT will look familiar.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble UNTHAWED are led by HAW, HEW and WHA, 9 points each. NEW, HAD and END are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of UNTHAWED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with UN · ending in ED · all 8-letter words
What UNTHAWED means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UNTHAWED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNTHAWED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 181) | 153 | 181 | 143 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
28 of the 181 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WHATEN, WHENUA, UNHEAD, WHAE, HUDNA, UNEATH, AHENT, DEAW, HAUD, HEND, UNETH, WADT and 16 more. 10 of the 181 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: UNTHAW, AHED, UNWET, DUH, WETA, TENDU, EW, DAN, DA and TE.
These 2 words take every letter of UNTHAWED plus a single extra one.