Unscramble HORSEPOX and you have 165 words, HORSEPOX itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. HOXES and PEROXO are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 8 letters, 3 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 HORSEPOX split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 33 with 5, 56 with 4, 50 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with HORSEPOX letters: HOOPERS, for 12 points.
HOXES scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HORSEPOX at 15 points, ahead of EXPOS and POXES on 14. HORSE, SHORE and HOPES are the ones most people know.
EXPO and PREX are the top 4-letter words from HORSEPOX, 13 points each. SHOP, HOPE and POOR will look familiar.
HEX and HOX share the top score of 13 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HORSEPOX. PRO, HOP and ORE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of HORSEPOX for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in OX · all 8-letter words
What HORSEPOX means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HORSEPOX works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORSEPOX itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 134 | 165 | 115 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
31 of the 165 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOXES, PEROXO, HOX, SOREX, EXO, POSHO, SHOPE, HESP, POHS, HOORS, ROHES, HOOR and 19 more. 19 of the 165 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OXERS, OXER, PHEOS, HEPS, PHEO, PHOS, HOSER, PHO, SHERO, HOO, HOS, POOS and 7 more.