16 words come out when you unscramble HIKOI, starting with HIKOI itself: 12 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HOIK and HOKI lead with 11 points. The 5 letters split into 3 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HIKOI by length: 1 with 5 letters, 3 with 4, 4 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of HIKOI but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with HI · ending in OI · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; KHI (10 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts HIKOI, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIKOI itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 16) | 9 | 16 | 5 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HIKOI, HOIK, HOKI, HIOI, HOI, KO and IO, 7 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OIK, KI, OK and OI, 4 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of HIKOI plus a single extra one.