238 words come out when you unscramble HOCUSSING, starting with HOCUSSING itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CHOUSING and HOCUSING lead with 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HOCUSSING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 13 with 7, 19 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
CHINGS and COUGHS share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HOCUSSING. COUSIN and SHOGUN are the ones most people know.
Among 58 5-letter words from HOCUSSING, the top score is 11, reached by 7. USING, SONGS and SIGNS are the familiar ones.
CHOG and CHUG share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words made with HOCUSSING letters. SUCH, INCH and ICON are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOCUSSING; 5 of them share the top score of 8. SUN, SON and CON are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HOCUSSING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What HOCUSSING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOCUSSING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOCUSSING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 238) | 182 | 238 | 157 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHOGS, GOUCH, CHOG, HONGIS, SCUSING, SOUCING, CHOU, COSING, CUSH, HINGS, HOING, SCOUGS and 44 more, 56 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CHUSING, CHINGS, CHING, GINCH, GONCH, CHONS, SHOGIS, HONGI, SHOGI, OCH, CIGS, HOSS and 13 more, 25 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of HOCUSSING and one more.