44 words come out when you unscramble HOLOZOIC, starting with HOLOZOIC itself: 22 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ZILCH leads with 19 points. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
H43O1L12O1Z10O1I1C34
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from HOLOZOIC by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 5, 11 with 4, 18 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 7 or 6 letters.
Keep every letter of HOLOZOIC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in IC · all 8-letter words
What HOLOZOIC means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOLOZOIC, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLOZOIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 44) | 35 | 43 | 28 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 9 of them: CHIZ, ZHO, ZOL, ZO, HOC, CH, HOI, IO and OO. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: CHOIL, CHOLI, OCH, HOLO, HOO, LOC and OI. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: CHOLO.