Unscramble HYLICISTS and you have 114 words, HYLICISTS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HYLICIST, 16 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HYLICISTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 11 with 6, 32 with 5, 33 with 4, 23 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with HYLICISTS letters: HYLICIST, for 16 points.
HYLIC, ITCHY and TICHY share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words from HYLICISTS. LISTS, CHILI and CYSTS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words from HYLICISTS is LYCH, 12 points; CHIS and CHIT on 9 follow. LIST, CITY and HITS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HYLICISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HY · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ITCHILY (15 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HYLICISTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYLICISTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 114) | 91 | 114 | 86 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HYLICISTS, HYLICIST, HYLIC, HYLISTS, TICHY, HYLIST, SLYISH, CYTISI, SICHTS, SICHT, SICH, TICH and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LYCH, CHILIS, SITCH, CLITS and CLIT, 5 in all.