Is GUARDHOUSE a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, GUARDHOUSE is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does GUARDHOUSE mean?
- noun
a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
10
Letters
G (2) + U (1) + A (1) + R (1) + D (2) + H (4) + O (1) + U (1) + S (1) + E (1) = 15 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 GUARDHOUSE
Single letters that turn GUARDHOUSE into another valid word in US Scrabble. Hooks let you extend a word already on the board.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks1
Words you can make from GUARDHOUSE
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- hagrode12
- roughed12
- soughed12
- dourahs11
- gheraos11
- hugeous11
- doughs11
- gashed11
- gushed11
- sughed11
- dasher10
- dehors10
- dourah10
- gasher10
- gerahs10
- gherao10
- gusher10
- hoards10
- hordes10
- horsed10
- housed10
- reshod10
- roughs10
- rushed10
- shader10
- shared10
- shored10
- shroud10
- dough10
- augured9
- desugar9
- dogears9
- drogues9
- gourdes9
- groused9
- sugared9
- ahorse9
- ashore9
- hoarse9
- houser9
- ashed9
- deash9
- dosha9
- gerah9
- gursh9
- hades9
- hards9
- hared9
- heads9
- heard9
- herds9
- hoard9
- horde9
- hosed9
- huger9
- hurds9
- odahs9
- rough9
- sadhe9
- sadhu9
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