262 words come out when you unscramble HOOLICANS, starting with HOOLICANS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 14 points: OOLICHANS. The best shorter words score 13: 4 of them, HOOLICAN, LICHANOS and OOLICHAN included. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HOOLICANS split into 2 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 10 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
18 of 41 6-letter words from HOOLICANS tie at 11 points; none scores more. SCHOOL, SOCIAL and CASINO will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in HOOLICANS, 26 score 10 points, the group's best. CHINA, CHAIN and COINS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with HOOLICANS letters; 17 of them share the top score of 9. CASH, INCH and COAL are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOOLICANS, the top score is 8, reached by 7. CAN, HAS and CON are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of HOOLICANS, with one letter different:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OOLICHANS (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HOOLICANS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOLICANS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 262) | 200 | 260 | 161 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
62 of the 262 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOOLICANS, HOOLICAN, LICHANOS, SCHOLION, HOLONIC, ACHOOS, CHIAOS, CHOONS, SANCHO, CHALS, CHOON, LINCH and 50 more. 39 of the 262 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OOLICHANS, OOLICHAN, LOCHIAS, ANCHOS, CHOILS, CHOLAS, CHOLIS, ANCHO, CHAIS, CHOIL, CHOLA, CHOLI and 27 more. 2 of the 262 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: CHOLOS and CHOLO.
These 2 words take every letter of HOOLICANS plus a single extra one.