Unscramble HOLKS and you have 22 words, HOLKS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. HOLKS has 1 anagram here, KOHLS, scoring 12 like HOLKS itself. Of the shorter words, KOHL and HOLK lead with 11 points. The 5 letters split into 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HOLKS split into 2 with 5 letters, 5 with 4, 7 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Trade one tile of HOLKS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with HO · ending in KS · all 5-letter words
What HOLKS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOLKS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 22) | 19 | 22 | 14 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Words With Friends*: SKOL, HOS, OK, SHO and SOH, 5 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LOSH, KO and LOS, 3 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of HOLKS and one more.