Unscramble HOUTING and you have 102 words, HOUTING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: THOUING. NOUGHT, HOGNUT and THINGO are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of HOUTING at once for 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50) or 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from HOUTING by length: 2 with 7 letters, 4 with 6, 12 with 5, 25 with 4, 39 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Keep every letter of HOUTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with HO · ending in NG · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by THOUING (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HOUTING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUTING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 102) | 80 | 102 | 74 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
22 of the 102 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOUTING, THINGO, HOING, HING, THIG, HOUT, THON, HOI, HUI, TOING, INGO, GIO and 10 more. 6 of the 102 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HONGI, GOTH, NUG, GI, UNI and OI.
With one more tile, the letters of HOUTING spell the words below.