Unscramble KIBOSHING and you have 197 words, KIBOSHING itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. HIKINGS, HOIKING and KIBOSH are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from KIBOSHING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 18 with 6, 32 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
KIBOSH scores highest among the 6-letter words in KIBOSHING at 15 points, ahead of HIKING and HOKING on 14. SKIING and BIKING are the ones most people know.
32 5-letter words from KIBOSHING; 5 of them share the top score of 12. KINGS, BINGO and KNOBS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble KIBOSHING, the top score is 11, reached by 5. KING, SKIN and SINK are the familiar ones.
KHI tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble KIBOSHING at 10 points; next come BOK and KOB on 9. BIG, BIN and SKI will look familiar.
Trade one tile of KIBOSHING for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with KI · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What KIBOSHING means, then the 6 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. KIBOSHING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIBOSHING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 197) | 139 | 197 | 114 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: HIKINGS, HOIKING, BIKINGS, INKHOSI, BOKING, HIKOIS, HIKOI, HOIKS, HOKIS, BINKS, HOIK, HOKI and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 25 of them: BOINKS, BOINK, BISH, BOINGS, HOISIN, HONGI, SHOGI, BIGOS, BIOGS, KOIS, OIKS, BING and 13 more.