Hidden inside hemlacy is one standout: alchemy, a seven-letter play worth 17 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 101 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
HEMLACY isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to ALCHEMY (noun), a medieval form of chemistry, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
alchemy is the highest-scoring word from hemlacy, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 101 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling hemlacy produces exactly one seven-letter word: alchemy. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 17 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling hemlacy produces exactly one six-letter word: leachy. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 14 points in Scrabble.
There are 13 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in hemlacy. If a familiar word is all you need, start with camel. For points, the strongest play is chyme — worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in hemlacy produces 39 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ahem, calm and came. For points, the strongest plays are achy, chay, lych, and yech — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling hemlacy turns up 30 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aye, ham and hay. For points, the strongest play is myc — worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 17 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in hemlacy. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, am and ay. For points, the strongest plays are hm and my — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
1 eight-letter word can be made using all the letters in hemlacy plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in hemlacy and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is alchemy, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from hemlacy earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in hemlacy produce 101 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 1 six-letter word, 13 five-letter words, 39 four-letter words, 30 three-letter words and 17 two-letter words.