Unscramble HELCOID and you have 137 words, HELCOID itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of HELCOID is on the page: CHELOID, each 13 points. Of the shorter words, CHIELD and CHILDE lead with 12 points. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of HELCOID at once for 63 in Scrabble (13 + 50) or 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HELCOID split into 2 with 7 letters, 5 with 6, 22 with 5, 52 with 4, 38 with 3 and 18 with 2.
The 4-letter words from HELCOID are led by CHID and DICH, 10 points each. CODE, HELD and HOLD are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HELCOID but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with HE · ending in ID · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CHELOID (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HELCOID, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HELCOID itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 137) | 109 | 137 | 97 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
28 of the 137 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HELCOID, CHODE, ICHED, DICH, ELCHI, COLDIE, HOIED, CHE, CLIED, DHOL, ECH, HEID and 16 more. 12 of the 137 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CHOIL, CHOLI, LOCHE, OCHE, OCH, DOH, LOCIE, ECO, LOC, LOID, OLDE and OI.
These 3 words take every letter of HELCOID plus a single extra one.