Unscramble SKOOSHING and you have 194 words, SKOOSHING itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HOOKINGS leads with 16 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SKOOSHING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 12 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in SKOOSHING: HOOKINGS, for 16 points.
Of the 43 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SKOOSHING, 7 score 12 points, the group's best. SONGS, SIGNS and KINGS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words made with SKOOSHING letters, the top score is 11, reached by 6. SIGN, KING and SKIN are the familiar ones.
KHI tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SKOOSHING at 10 points; next come GHI and HOG on 7. SON, SKI and INK will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of SKOOSHING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with SK · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HOOKINGS (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts SKOOSHING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKOOSHING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 194) | 143 | 194 | 120 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: SKOOSHING, SKOOSH, HOIKS, HOKIS, SOOKING, HOIK, HOKI, KISH, OOHINGS, GONKS, HONGIS, NKOSIS and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: HOOKINGS, SHOGIS, SOONISH, HONGI, SHOGI, KOIS, OIKS, HOSS, KIS, OIK, SOHS, HOO and 11 more.