Unscramble HINGES

HINGES is itself a valid word in both Scrabble and Words With Friends, worth 10 points and 11 respectively on plain squares. Rearranged and shortened, the same 6 letters make 55 words in total, from 6 letters down to two. There is exactly one full anagram, NEIGHS, which uses every letter. The highest scoring option is HINGES at 10 points in Scrabble. If you can play it as it stands, do that before shortening it. A full rack usually outscores a shorter word even when the shorter one looks cleverer. Our guide to unscrambling letters fast explains the order to try these in.

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Scores shown are the bare tile values. Premium squares, and the fifty point bonus for using all seven tiles, are not included because they depend on where the word lands. More on that here.