170 words come out when you unscramble HOACTZIN, starting with HOACTZIN itself: 22 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CHINTZ leads with 20 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HOACTZIN split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 9 with 6, 29 with 5, 56 with 4, 53 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in HOACTZIN: HOATZIN, for 19 points.
AZOTH tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOACTZIN at 17 points; next come AZOIC and ZINCO on 16. CHINA, CHAIN and NOTCH will look familiar.
The 4-letter words from HOACTZIN are led by CAZH and CHIZ, 18 points each. CHAT, ANTI and INCH are the familiar ones.
ZHO tops the 3-letter words in HOACTZIN at 15 points; next come CAZ and COZ on 14. NOT, CAN and HOT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HOACTZIN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in IN · all 8-letter words
HOACTZIN first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOACTZIN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOACTZIN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 170) | 131 | 170 | 118 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
39 of the 170 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHIZ, ZHO, CAZ, ZATI, CHATON, ZO, CHOTA, NICHT, TACHO, COTH, NACH, TICH and 27 more. 13 of the 170 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CAZH, ZINCO, ZONA, TIZ, ZA, ANCHO, CATH, CHAI, HAINT, OCH, AHI, TIAN and 1 more.
With one more tile, the letters of HOACTZIN spell the words below.