Is HONCHO valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts HONCHO, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is HONCHO worth?

HONCHO is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to HONCHO?

HONCHO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

HONCHO is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points

Yes. HONCHO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.

h4o1n1c3h4o1

PlayableHONCHO · 6 letters · 14 pts Scrabble · 14 pts WWF

14points in Scrabble

14points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 3,548 thousandodds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept HONCHO?

Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand	Valid
Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand	Valid
Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries	Valid
Words with FriendsZynga word list	Valid

Word power: 35 / 100

35WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.33

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.67%

Our own measure of how useful HONCHO is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for HONCHO

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

honchos15

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How HONCHO scores

Scrabble h4o1n1c3h4o1 14

Words with Friends h3o1n2c4h3o1 14

Face value of the 6 tiles in HONCHO, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
h	2	2
o	2	8
n	1	6
c	1	2

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,548 thousand.

What does HONCHO mean in Scrabble?

noun

informal

A person in charge; a boss or leader.

Calling someone the head honcho suggests the final say belongs to them. The word came into English from Japanese via soldiers, and is used jokingly in offices.

How HONCHO is used

Informal; often in the phrase head honcho.

The head honcho signed the contract himself.
Who is the honcho around here?
She became the honcho of the whole project.

Written for this site: 1 meaning of HONCHO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Words starting with HONCHO

honchos15 honchoed17 honchoes16 honchoing18

4 longer words begin with HONCHO.

Shorter words from the letters in HONCHO

hooch13 choon10 chon9 coho9 hoon7 coon6 hoh9 hoc8 och8 hon6 hoo6 noh6 oho6 ooh6 con5 coo5 noo3 ono3 oon3 ch7 ho5 oh5 no2 on2 oo2

Common questions about HONCHO

Is HONCHO valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts HONCHO, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is HONCHO worth?: HONCHO is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
What does HONCHO mean?: A person in charge; a boss or leader.
What letters can be added to HONCHO?: HONCHO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HONCHO:

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