Unscramble HIC and you have 5 words, HIC itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. HIC has 2 anagrams here, CHI and ICH, scoring 8 like HIC itself. CH is the best of the shorter words, at 7 points. The 3 letters split into 1 vowel and 2 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HIC by length: 3 with 3 letters and 2 with 2.
Keep every letter of HIC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 3-letter words: starting with H · ending in C · all 3-letter words
HIC first, then short meanings for the 3 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HIC is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 5) | 4 | 5 | 4 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: CH.
With one more tile, the letters of HIC spell the words below.