87 words come out when you unscramble HOOLOCKS, starting with HOOLOCKS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HOOLOCK, 16 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HOOLOCKS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 22 with 5, 28 with 4, 19 with 3 and 10 with 2.
HOOLOCK is the only one of the 7-letter words in HOOLOCKS; it scores 16 points.
Keep every letter of HOOLOCKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in KS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CHOOKS and SHLOCK (15 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HOOLOCKS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOLOCKS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 87) | 72 | 85 | 60 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
15 of the 87 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOOLOCKS, HOOLOCK, CHOKOS, KLOOCH, CHOKO, SKOOL, HOC, CH, LOSH, SOHO, KO, SOOL and 3 more. 12 of the 87 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HOLOS, OCH, SKOL, HOLO, HOO, HOS, LOCS, OK, SHO, SOH, LOC and SOC. 2 of the 87 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: CHOLOS and CHOLO.