Hidden inside hodest is one standout: hosted, a six-letter play worth 10 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 86 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
HODEST isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to HOSTED (verb, form of host), to entertain socially, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
hosted is the highest-scoring word from hodest, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 86 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling hodest produces exactly one six-letter word: hosted. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 8 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in hodest. If a familiar word is all you need, start with those. For points, the strongest plays are doeth, hosed, and shoed — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in hodest produces 30 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with does, dots and hose. For points, 9 words tie at 8 points, including dohs, dosh and doth.
Unscrambling hodest turns up 31 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dot, hot and set. For points, the strongest plays are doh, edh, and hod — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
There are 16 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in hodest. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, eh and he. For points, 5 words tie at 5 points, including eh, he and ho.
10 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in hodest plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in hodest and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is hosted, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from hodest 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 hodest produce 86 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 8 five-letter words, 30 four-letter words, 31 three-letter words and 16 two-letter words.