18 words come out when you unscramble HIST, starting with HIST itself: 7 in Scrabble, 6 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 7 points: HITS, SHIT, SITH and THIS. HIT, HIS and ISH are the best of the shorter words, at 6 points. The 4 letters split into 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HIST split into 5 with 4 letters, 6 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Trade one tile of HIST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 4-letter words: starting with HI · ending in ST · all 4-letter words
Add two letters to HIST:
What HIST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HIST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 18) | 16 | 18 | 16 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: ISH and ST.
These 12 words take every letter of HIST plus a single extra one.