Unscramble HOICKSES to get 179 words. HOICKSES itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HOICKSES split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 13 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 18 with 2.
CHOKIES is the only one of the 7-letter words in HOICKSES; it scores 16 points.
41 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOICKSES; 7 of them share the top score of 14. SHOES, SHOCK and CHOSE are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from HOICKSES, the top score is 13, reached by 4. ECHO, SHOE and SICK are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words made with HOICKSES letters is KHI, 10 points; ICK on 9 and CHE on 8 follow. ICE, SEC and SKI are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of HOICKSES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CHOKIES (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HOICKSES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOICKSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 179) | 132 | 178 | 110 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: HOICKSES, CHIKS, CHIK, KISHES, HOIKS, HOKIS, HOIK, HOKI, KESH, KISH, ICHES, SECHS and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: CHOKIES, ICKS, OCHES, OCHE, KOIS, OCH, OIKS, HOSS, KIS, OIK, SESH, SOCES and 10 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: SHIKSE.
Each word below uses all the letters of HOICKSES and one more.