Is CHILDHOODS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CHILDHOODS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 20 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CHILDHOODS mean?
Childhoods is a form of CHILDHOOD.
- noun
the time of person's life when they are a child
- noun
the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
20
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
10
Letters
C (3) + H (4) + I (1) + L (1) + D (2) + H (4) + O (1) + O (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 20 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for CHILDHOODS
CHILDHOODS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from CHILDHOODS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- childhood19
- cloddish15
- cohosh14
- coldish13
- hooch13
- coolish12
- choils11
- cholis11
- cholos11
- oddish11
- school11
- child11
- oldish10
- choil10
- choli10
- cholo10
- cohos10
- lochs10
- chid10
- holds9
- hoods9
- chis9
- coho9
- cosh9
- ichs9
- lich9
- loch9
- shh9
- dildos8
- clods8
- colds8
- disco8
- dolci8
- holos8
- scold8
- shool8
- sodic8
- dish8
- dohs8
- dosh8
- hods8
- hold8
- hood8
- shod8
- sidh8
- chi8
- hic8
- ich8
- och8
- coils7
- cools7
- didos7
- dildo7
- dodos7
- locis7
- locos7
- clod7
- cods7
- cold7
- disc7
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