117 words come out when you unscramble HOCUSSES, starting with HOCUSSES itself: 13 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CHOUSES and HOCUSES lead with 12 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HOCUSSES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 18 with 6, 18 with 5, 35 with 4, 28 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Among 35 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HOCUSSES, the top score is 9, reached by 8. SUCH, USES and ECHO are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of HOCUSSES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
HOCUSSES 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 HOCUSSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOCUSSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 117) | 89 | 117 | 71 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 28 of them: CUSHES, SECHS, SHOUSES, CHOU, CUSH, HUSSES, SECH, SHOUSE, CHE, COSSES, ECH, HOC and 16 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: CHUSES, CHUSE, OCHES, HOSSES, OCHE, OCH, HOSS, SESH, SOCES, SOHS, ECOS, HOS and 6 more.
This word takes every letter of HOCUSSES plus a single extra one.