Unscramble HURRICANO and you have 208 words, HURRICANO itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is UNCHAIR, 12 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
H43U12R1R1I1C34A1N12O1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HURRICANO split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 23 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
22 of 52 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HURRICANO tie at 10 points; none scores more. CHINA, CHAIR and CHAIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from HURRICANO, 16 score 9 points, the group's best. HOUR, HAIR and RICH are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HURRICANO but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HU · ending in NO · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with UNCHAIR (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HURRICANO 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HURRICANO itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 164 | 208 | 144 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: HURRICANO, CHINAR, CHORIA, URACHI, NAUCH, RUNCH, CHOU, CHUR, NACH, RACH, ROCH, ACH and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: UNCHAIR, CAHOUN, CHURRO, ANCHO, ARCHI, CHIRU, CHAI, OCH, RACINO, CAURI, UNICA, ACRO and 8 more.