Unscramble CHOLINES and you have 256 words, CHOLINES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 13 points: HELICONS. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
INCHESOL unscrambles to CHOLINES: these are all the words its letters make.
C34H43O1L12I1N12E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from CHOLINES by length: 2 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 42 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
18 of 42 6-letter words from CHOLINES tie at 11 points; none scores more. INCHES, CHOSEN and CLONES will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CHOLINES, the top score is 10, reached by 18. CLOSE, COINS and ICONS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in CHOLINES, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. ONCE, NICE and INCH are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 3-letter words made with CHOLINES letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. ONE, OIL and ICE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CHOLINES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CH · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What CHOLINES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CHOLINES, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOLINES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 210 | 256 | 182 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
46 of the 256 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LINCHES, NOCHELS, CHESIL, COHENS, ELCHIS, NOCHEL, COHEN, ELCHI, ICHES, LINCH, CONSEIL, ELSHIN and 34 more. 28 of the 256 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COHESIN, CHINSE, CHOILS, CHOLIS, LOCHES, CHOIL, CHOLI, CHONS, LOCHE, OCHES, OCHE, HEILS and 16 more.
These 5 words take every letter of CHOLINES plus a single extra one.