Unscramble HOLOCAUSTS and you have 279 words, HOLOCAUSTS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HOLOCAUSTS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 8, 15 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with HOLOCAUSTS letters: HOLOCAUST, 14 points.
OUTCLASS is the only one of the 8-letter words in HOLOCAUSTS; it scores 10 points.
27 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLOCAUSTS tie at 11 points; none scores more. SCHOOL, SHOOTS and SHOUTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLOCAUSTS, 29 score 10 points, the group's best. TOUCH, SHOTS and SHOOT are the ones most people know.
16 of 60 4-letter words from HOLOCAUSTS tie at 9 points; none scores more. SUCH, CHAT and CASH will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in HOLOCAUSTS, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. HAS, OUT and HOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HOLOCAUSTS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CAHOOTS, CASHOOS, COHOSTS, COOLTHS, CUSHATS, SCHOOLS and SCOUTHS (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HOLOCAUSTS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLOCAUSTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 279) | 208 | 277 | 184 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCHOUTS, ACHOOS, CHOUTS, LAUCHS, LUCHOT, OSHACS, OUCHTS, SCATHS, SCHOUT, SCOOSH, SLUTCH, TACHOS and 59 more, 71 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CHOLAS, SCHULS, CATHS, CHOLA, ASLOSH, CATH, HOLOS, OCH, HAOS, HOLO, HOSS, LAHS and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: CHOLOS and CHOLO, 2 in all.