Hidden inside hgrates is one standout: gathers, a seven-letter play worth 11 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 202 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
HGRATES isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to GATHERS (verb, form of gather), to bring together into one place or group, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
gathers is the highest-scoring word from hgrates, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 202 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling hgrates produces exactly one seven-letter word: gathers. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling hgrates turns up 14 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gather and hearts. For points, the strongest plays are garths, gasher, gather, and gerahs — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 42 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in hgrates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with earth, gates and great. For points, the strongest plays are garth, gerah, ghast, and ghats — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in hgrates produces 76 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ages, argh and arts. For points, 5 words tie at 8 points, including argh, gash and ghat.
Unscrambling hgrates turns up 53 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with age, are and art. For points, the strongest play is hag — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 16 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in hgrates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, as and at. For points, 5 words tie at 5 points, including ah, eh and ha.
3 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in hgrates plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in hgrates 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 gathers, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from hgrates 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 hgrates produce 202 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 14 six-letter words, 42 five-letter words, 76 four-letter words, 53 three-letter words and 16 two-letter words.