Unscramble HYPOXIC and you have 50 words, HYPOXIC itself among them: it scores 24 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PIXY, COXY and POXY lead with 16 points. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. HYPOXIC as a single 7-tile play makes 74 in Scrabble, 24 plus the 50 bonus, and 59 in Words With Friends (24 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HYPOXIC by length: 1 with 7 letters, 11 with 4, 25 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 6 or 5 letters.
Keep every letter of HYPOXIC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with HY · ending in IC · all 7-letter words
The meaning of HYPOXIC, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HYPOXIC, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPOXIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 50) | 43 | 50 | 36 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 7 of them: COXY, HOX, PIOY, HOC, CH, HOI and IO. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: POXY, OXIC, COPI, OCH, PHO, PO and OI.