How Many Words Can You Spell With the Letters in Happy New Year?

Everyone loves to challenge their mind and, of course, each other in fun word games that are perfect for the young and old!

If you're looking for something fun for the family to do this New Year's Eve, why not challenge each other to this fun word hunt!

How many words can you create using only the letters in the words: Happy New Year?

We want this to be fun, but there are a few simple rules to make sure it's fun for everyone!

1. Only use the letters that appear in Happy New Year.
2. No reusing letters that have already been used.
   
3. No doubling up letters that aren't already doubled. Only P, A, and E appear twice.
4. The words must be real words that can be found in the dictionary.
5. Optional rule: Decide as a family if you'll allow proper nouns and names.

There are a few ways to play depending on the ages of those who want to play!

Work Together: Work together to come up with a list with everyone's words.

Pair Up: If you have younger elementary-aged children, it might be good idea to pair up one adult or older sibling with one child and another adult or older sibling with another child. Older siblings will love helping the younger ones as they will be determined to beat Mom and Dad!

Work Individually: If there are only older children or adults, consider a competition among each other!

Tally the lists and see if you can beat it next New Year's Eve!

Consider having a fun prize for the winner!

There are a total of 153 words in the lists above that all appear in Webster's Dictionary that I have personally confirmed!

There may be words that have been missed and any suggestions to add to the list are welcomed! Just leave a comment below! But, remember, they must be words that stand on their own (no prefixes, suffixes, etc) and can be found in the dictionary!

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