Hidden inside howsome is one standout: somehow, a seven-letter play worth 15 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 97 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
HOWSOME isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to SOMEHOW (adverb), by some means, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
somehow is the highest-scoring word from howsome, worth 15 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 97 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling howsome produces exactly one seven-letter word: somehow. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling howsome produces exactly one six-letter word: whomso. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 14 points in Scrabble.
There are 10 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in howsome. If a familiar word is all you need, start with homes, moose, and whose. For points, the strongest plays are howes, whose, whoso, and woosh — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in howsome produces 32 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with home, hose and moos. For points, the strongest play is whom — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling howsome turns up 35 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with how, moo and oho. For points, the strongest plays are hew, how, and who — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 18 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in howsome. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eh, ew and he. For points, the strongest play is hm — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Swap a single tile in howsome 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 somehow, worth 15 points in Scrabble, and no other word from howsome 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 howsome produce 97 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 1 six-letter word, 10 five-letter words, 32 four-letter words, 35 three-letter words and 18 two-letter words.