What HYDRA Means
- noun: trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality“we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution”
- noun: small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HYDRA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 Y4 D2 R1 A1.
Anagrams of HYDRA (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In HYDRA
26 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (4)
3 letter words (15)
2 letter words (7)
Longer Words Containing HYDRA
HYDRA appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
ANHYDRASEANHYDRASESDEHYDRATEDEHYDRATEDDEHYDRATERDEHYDRATESDEHYDRATORHYDRACIDHYDRACIDSHYDRAEHYDRAEMIAHYDRAEMIASHYDRAGOGHYDRAGOGSHYDRAGOGUEHYDRANGEAHYDRANGEASHYDRANTHYDRANTHHYDRANTHSHYDRANTSHYDRASHYDRASEHYDRASESHYDRASTINEHYDRASTISHYDRATEHYDRATEDHYDRATESHYDRATINGHYDRATIONHYDRATIONSHYDRATORHYDRATORSHYDRAULICHYDRAULICSHYDRAZIDEHYDRAZIDESHYDRAZINEHYDRAZINES
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