What HOISTING Means
HOISTING is a form of HOIST, which means:
- verb: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help“hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car”
- verb: move from one place to another by lifting“They hoisted the patient onto the operating table”
- noun: lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HOISTING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 I1 S1 T1 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In HOISTING
171 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
7 letter words (6)
6 letter words (13)
5 letter words (28)
GHOSTGOSHTGOTHSHINGSHINTSHIOISHOINGHOISTHONGIHONGSINGOTINTISNIGHSNIGHTOHINGOINTSSHOGISIGHTSTINGSTONGTHIGSTHINGTHINSTHONGTIGONTINGSTOINGTONGS
4 letter words (60)
GHISGINSGIOSGISTGITSGONSGOSHGOTHHINGHINSHINTHIOIHISNHISTHITSHOGSHONGHONSHOSTHOTSINGOINGSINTIINTOIONSISITNIGHNISHNISINITSNOGSNOSHOINTONSTSHINSHOGSHOTSIGHSIGNSINGSINHSITHSNIGSNITSNOGSNOTSONGSOTHTHIGTHINTHIOTHISTHONTIGSTINGTINSTOGSTONGTONSTOSH
3 letter words (45)
GHIGINGIOGISGITGONGOSGOTHINHISHITHOGHOIHONHOSHOTINGINSIONIOSISHISOITSNISNITNOGNOHNOSNOTNTHOHSOISONSSINSITSOGSOHSONSOTTHOTIGTINTISTOGTON
2 letter words (19)
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