22 words come out when you unscramble HOCKS, starting with HOCKS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 14 points: SHOCK. The strongest shorter word is HOCK, 13 points. The 5 letters split into 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HOCKS split into 2 with 5 letters, 3 with 4, 9 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Trade one tile of HOCKS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with HO · ending in KS · all 5-letter words
HOCKS 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 HOCKS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOCKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 22) | 19 | 22 | 13 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
6 of the 22 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OCH, HOS, OK, SHO, SOH and SOC. 3 of the 22 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOC, CH and KO.
These 10 words take every letter of HOCKS plus a single extra one.