Is HOYLES a word?
HOYLES is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends, has 6 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, HOYLES is a valid word.
What does hoyles mean?
HOYLES is an inflected form of hoyle.
noun: an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001).
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
HOYLES: word details
- Length: 6 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 22,342 6-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside hoyles
Words you can make from the letters of hoyles.
Solve a whole rack, not just HOYLES
HOYLES is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does HOYLES mean?
HOYLES is an inflected form of hoyle and is a noun. It means: an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001).
Is HOYLES a valid word?
Yes, HOYLES is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.