146 words come out when you unscramble HELICOID, starting with HELICOID itself: 14 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HELICOID by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 5 with 6, 26 with 5, 54 with 4, 38 with 3 and 18 with 2.
CHID and DICH are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HELICOID, 10 points each. CODE, HELD and HOLD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HELICOID but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HE · ending in ID · all 8-letter words
The meaning of HELICOID, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HELICOID, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HELICOID itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 146) | 117 | 146 | 103 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 29 of them: HELCOID, CHODE, ICHED, DICH, ELCHI, COLDIE, HOIED, CHE, CLIED, DHOL, ECH, HEID and 17 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: CEILIDH, CHOIL, CHOLI, LOCHE, OCHE, OCH, CEILI, DOH, LOCIE, ECO, LOC, LOID and 2 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of HELICOID and one more.