How Many Words Can You Spell With the Letters in Happy New Year?
"Happy New Year" Word Game
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?
Word Puzzle Rules
We want this to be fun, but there are a few simple rules to make sure it's fun for everyone!
- Only use the letters that appear in Happy New Year.
- No reusing letters that have already been used.
- No doubling up letters that aren't already doubled. Only P, A, and E appear twice.
- The words must be real words that can be found in the dictionary.
- Optional rule: Decide as a family if you'll allow proper nouns and names.
How to Play
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!
Words Found in "Happy New Year"
2-Letter Words
| ||
|---|---|---|
ah
| an
| aw
|
eh
| en
| er
|
ha
| he
| pa
|
we
| ye
|
3-Letter Words
| ||
|---|---|---|
aah
| aha
| ana
|
any
| ape
| app
|
are
| awe
| aye
|
ear
| era
| ere
|
ern
| eye
| hap
|
haw
| hay
| hen
|
her
| hew
| hey
|
nap
| nay
| nee
|
new
| pan
| pap
|
par
| paw
| pay
|
pea
| pee
| pen
|
pep
| per
| pry
|
ran
| rap
| raw
|
ray
| rye
| wan
|
war
| wee
| wen
|
why
| yap
| yea
|
yen
| yep
| yew
|
4-Letter Words
| ||
|---|---|---|
aery
| anew
| area
|
away
| awry
| earn
|
ewer
| eyre
| hare
|
harp
| heap
| hear
|
here
| hewn
| hype
|
nape
| nary
| neap
|
near
| pane
| papa
|
para
| pare
| pawn
|
pear
| peen
| peep
|
peer
| pray
| prey
|
pyre
| rape
| reap
|
wane
| ware
| warn
|
warp
| wary
| wean
|
weep
| were
| when
|
whey
| wrap
| wren
|
yare
| yarn
| yawn
|
yeah
| yean
| year
|
5-Letter Words
| ||
|---|---|---|
apnea
| arena
| aware
|
happy
| hyena
| hyper
|
nappe
| nappy
| newer
|
paean
| paper
| payee
|
payer
| prawn
| preen
|
renew
| repay
| weary
|
weepy
| where
| yearn
|
6-Letter Words
| ||
|---|---|---|
anyway
| appear
| enwrap
|
eyewear
| happen
| napery
|
napper
| nephew
| papery
|
paraph
| prepay
|
7-Letter Word
| 8-Letter Word
| 9-Letter Word
|
|---|---|---|
hanaper
| anywhere
| hyperpnea
|
How many words did you come up with?
153 Words Found!
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!
How many did you find? Take our poll and let us know!
Questions & Answers
© 2013 Keely Deuschle
Comments
Happen
I love it!!
Even though the new year is already into February I love playing word games with friends.Here's to lots of fun in every day of life. Thank you so much for sharing,
Weepy
- Author
Yappy Hewn Are to Ewe, too, RTalloni! I love word games, especially ones that really make you put your thinking cap on!
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rebeccamealey, these types of games are a lot of fun in classrooms, too! Last year at my son's school, one of the classes challenged the others in a similar word game at Christmas! It was a lot of fun watching the kids try to think of words to add to the class list!
Yappy Hewn Are! ;) And viva word games! :)
Ha ! Cute! I use to do this word game every holiday when I taught elementary school. What a cool idea to share!
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Thank you, poetryman6969! Let me know if you give it a try! Happy New Year!
Cool idea.
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