192 words come out when you unscramble HOMINOIDS, starting with HOMINOIDS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
H43O1M34I1N12O1I1D2S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HOMINOIDS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 3 with 7, 11 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Of the 33 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOMINOIDS, 4 score 10 points, the group's best. MINDS, HOODS and MOODS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words in HOMINOIDS, the top score is 9, reached by 10. MIND, MINI and MOON are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words made with HOMINOIDS letters; 4 of them share the top score of 8. MID, SIN and ION are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HOMINOIDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
What HOMINOIDS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HOMINOIDS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOMINOIDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 192) | 154 | 192 | 132 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IMSHI, MIHIS, HONDS, MIHI, DSOMO, HIOIS, HOND, HOONS, MODII, ODISM, HIOI, HOIS and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MOHOS, HIMS, HOISIN, HOMS, MOHO, MOSH, DOHS, DOSH, HOM, SIDH, SOMONI, DOH and 10 more, 22 in all.