Is COURTHOUSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, COURTHOUSES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does COURTHOUSES mean?
Courthouses is a form of COURTHOUSE.
- noun
a government building that houses the offices of a county government
- noun
a building that houses judicial courts
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
11
Letters
C (3) + O (1) + U (1) + R (1) + T (1) + H (4) + O (1) + U (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 16 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 COURTHOUSES
COURTHOUSES 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 COURTHOUSES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- courthouse15
- scouthers14
- cheroots13
- choosers13
- choruses13
- chousers13
- ocherous13
- ochreous13
- scouther13
- soroches13
- touchers13
- tuchuses13
- outsources12
- outhouses12
- outrushes12
- cheroot12
- chooser12
- chooses12
- chouser12
- chouses12
- cohorts12
- cohosts12
- coshers12
- couther12
- crushes12
- hectors12
- hocuses12
- ochrous12
- outecho12
- retouch12
- rochets12
- rotches12
- rouches12
- scouths12
- soroche12
- tochers12
- torches12
- toucher12
- touches12
- troches12
- tusches12
- courteous11
- outcurses11
- outscores11
- outsource11
- orthoses11
- outhouse11
- reshoots11
- sheroots11
- shooters11
- shouters11
- soothers11
- southers11
- cherts11
- chests11
- choose11
- chores11
- chorus11
- choses11
- chouse11
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