Unscramble YOICKSES to get 137 words. YOICKSES itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, YOICKS leads with 15 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from YOICKSES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 6, 28 with 5, 49 with 4, 37 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 7 letters.
COKY, ICKY and YOCK share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble YOICKSES. KEYS, SICK and KISS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of YOICKSES but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; YOICKS (15 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts YOICKSES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOICKSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 137) | 100 | 137 | 84 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YOICKSES, YOICK, YESKS, ESKY, YESK, YIKE, SCYES, SKIOES, KOSES, KY, SCYE, SEKOS and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SICKY, COKY, KYES, ICKS, KYE, KOIS, OIKS, KIS, OIK, SOCES, ECOS, KI and 4 more, 16 in all.