Unscramble HOODWINKS to get 204 words. HOODWINKS itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HOODWINK leads with 19 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HOODWINKS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 2 with 7, 6 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOODWINKS are led by HOWKS and WHISK, 15 points each. SHOWN, KINDS and KNOWS are the familiar ones.
HOWK scores highest among the 4-letter words in HOODWINKS at 14 points, ahead of DHOW and HOIK on 11. KNOW, SHOW and DOWN are the ones most people know.
KHI, KOW and WOK are the top 3-letter words made with HOODWINKS letters, 10 points each. WHO, NOW and OWN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HOODWINKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
HOODWINKS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOODWINKS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOODWINKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 204) | 158 | 204 | 140 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WOODSKIN, HOIKS, HOKIS, SHOWD, SNOWK, DONKOS, HOIK, HOKI, HOWSO, KISH, KONDOS, KOWS and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: WONKISH, DOHS, DOSH, KOIS, OIKS, SIDH, DOH, KIS, OIK, DINOS, HOO, HOS and 6 more, 18 in all.