Unscramble HOODOOS and you have 36 words, HOODOOS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The 7 letters split into 4 vowels and 3 consonants. HOODOOS as a single 7-tile play makes 61 in Scrabble, 11 plus the 50 bonus, and 45 in Words With Friends (10 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HOODOOS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 1 with 5, 10 with 4, 15 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Just 1 of the 6-letter words in HOODOOS: HOODOO, for 10 points.
There is a single one of the 5-letter words made with HOODOOS letters: HOODS, 9 points.
Keep every letter of HOODOOS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with HO · ending in OS · all 7-letter words
What HOODOOS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOODOOS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOODOOS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 36) | 29 | 36 | 22 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Words With Friends*: DOHS, DOSH, DOH, HOO, HOS, SHO and SOH, 7 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SOHO, DOOS, ODSO, DOO, DSO, OOS and OO, 7 in all.