Unscramble HOOLICAN to get 142 words. HOOLICAN itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 13 points: OOLICHAN. Of the shorter words, HOLONIC leads with 12 points. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HOOLICAN by length: 2 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 5 with 6, 25 with 5, 51 with 4, 39 with 3 and 19 with 2.
HOLONIC is the only one of the 7-letter words in HOOLICAN; it scores 12 points.
25 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOOLICAN; 16 of them share the top score of 10. CHINA, CHAIN and COLON are everyday picks.
Among 51 4-letter words made with HOOLICAN letters, the top score is 9, reached by 11. LOAN, COOL and INCH are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HOOLICAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in AN · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OOLICHAN (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HOOLICAN is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOLICAN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 118 | 141 | 101 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
24 of the 142 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOOLICAN, HOLONIC, CHOON, LINCH, CHAL, NACH, ACH, CHA, HOC, HOLON, LOHAN, CH and 12 more. 17 of the 142 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OOLICHAN, ANCHO, CHOIL, CHOLA, CHOLI, LANCH, CHAI, HALON, OCH, HOLO, AHI, HOO and 5 more. 1 of the 142 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: CHOLO.
With one more tile, the letters of HOOLICAN spell the words below.