Is HERMS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts HERMS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is HERMS worth?

HERMS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to HERMS?

HERMS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

HERMS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points

Yes. HERMS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.

h4e1r1m3s1

PlayableHERMS · 5 letters · 10 pts Scrabble · 10 pts WWF

10points in Scrabble

10points in Words with Friends

5letters

1hook available

1 in 65,354odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept HERMS?

Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand	Valid
Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand	Valid
Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries	Valid
Words with FriendsZynga word list	Valid

Word power: 34 / 100

34WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

5.2%

Our own measure of how useful HERMS is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for HERMS

Front hooks — 1

therms11

Back hooks — 0

None.

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How HERMS scores

Scrabble h4e1r1m3s1 10

Words with Friends h3e1r1m4s1 10

Face value of the 5 tiles in HERMS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
h	1	2
e	1	12
r	1	6
m	1	2
s	1	4

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.

Words ending in HERMS

therms11 bioherms15 geotherms15 isotherms14 ectotherms17 endotherms16 eurytherms18 homeotherms21 stenotherms16 homoeotherms22 homoiotherms22 isogeotherms18 poikilotherms24

13 words end in HERMS. Useful as a back hook: play HERMS onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in HERMS

hems9 herm9 mesh9 hers7 rehs7 resh7 rems6 hem8 meh8 ehs6 her6 hes6 reh6 she6 ems5 erm5 mer5 mes5 rem5 ers3 res3 ser3 hm7 eh5 he5 sh5 em4 me4 er2 es2 re2

Common questions about HERMS

Is HERMS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts HERMS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is HERMS worth?: HERMS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to HERMS?: HERMS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HERMS:

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