Unscramble HYLICIST and you have 89 words, HYLICIST itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HYLICIST split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 7 with 6, 19 with 5, 29 with 4, 22 with 3 and 9 with 2.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HYLICIST is LYCH, 12 points; CHIS and CHIT on 9 follow. LIST, CITY and HITS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HYLICIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HY · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ITCHILY (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: HYLICIST is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYLICIST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 89) | 72 | 89 | 67 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 17 of them: HYLICIST, HYLIC, TICHY, HYLIST, CYTISI, SICHT, SICH, TICH, CLY, LITHS, CH, LITH and 5 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: LYCH, CHILIS, SITCH, CLITS and CLIT.
These 2 words take every letter of HYLICIST plus a single extra one.