Unscramble HOOTIEST and you have 149 words, HOOTIEST itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from HOOTIEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 8 with 6, 24 with 5, 49 with 4, 42 with 3 and 21 with 2.
28 of 49 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HOOTIEST tie at 7 points; none scores more. SITE, TEST and HOST will look familiar.
Of the 42 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOOTIEST, 21 score 6 points, the group's best. ITS, SET and TOO are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HOOTIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
What HOOTIEST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HOOTIEST is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOTIEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 119 | 149 | 107 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
30 of the 149 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHOOTIE, TOOSHIE, HOSTIE, SHOTTE, SIETH, SITHE, TOHOS, EISH, HOIS, HOTE, SHET, SOHO and 18 more. 12 of the 149 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HOTTIES, HOTTIE, SHITE, HOO, HOS, SHO, SOH, STOT, EST, TES, OI and TE.
These 2 words take every letter of HOOTIEST plus a single extra one.