Unscramble HINKIEST to get 170 words. HINKIEST itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
H43I1N12K5I1E1S1T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HINKIEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 7 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with HINKIEST letters: INKIEST, for 11 points.
Of the 41 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HINKIEST, 8 score 12 points, the group's best. THINK, HINTS and SHINE are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 4-letter words from HINKIEST tie at 11 points; none scores more. THEN, SKIN and HITS will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in HINKIEST, KHI leads with 10 points, then EIK and INK on 7. ITS, SET and NET are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of HINKIEST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with HI · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with KITHES and THINKS (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: HINKIEST is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HINKIEST itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 170) | 133 | 170 | 124 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: KESH, KISH, HISTIE, KENTS, SITHEN, TINKS, EIKS, KEST, KETS, NEKS, SEIK, SEKT and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: HINKIEST, SHITE, KIS, SHEN, KI, TEINS, EST, TES and TE.
These 2 words take every letter of HINKIEST plus a single extra one.