Unscramble HOOTS and you have 37 words, HOOTS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: SHOOT, SOOTH and TOHOS. Among the shorter answers, 10 reach 7 points, HOST, SHOT and SOHO among them. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from HOOTS by length: 4 with 5 letters, 12 with 4, 13 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of HOOTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with HO · ending in TS · all 5-letter words
HOOTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HOOTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 37) | 31 | 37 | 27 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TOHOS, SOHO, TOHO, OOS, OO and ST, 6 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HOO, HOS, SHO and SOH, 4 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of HOOTS and one more.