Is HISTONES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HISTONES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HISTONES mean?
Histones is a form of HISTONE.
- noun
a simple protein containing mainly basic amino acids; present in cell nuclei in association with nucleic acids
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
11
Scrabble
11
Words With Friends
8
Letters
H (4) + I (1) + S (1) + T (1) + O (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 11 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 HISTONES
HISTONES 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 HISTONES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- ethions10
- histone10
- hotness10
- sithens10
- stonish10
- ethion9
- ethnos9
- heists9
- hoises9
- hoists9
- honest9
- noshes9
- shiest9
- shines9
- shites9
- shotes9
- theins9
- thesis9
- tonish9
- toshes9
- ethos8
- heist8
- hents8
- hests8
- hints8
- hists8
- hoise8
- hoist8
- hones8
- hosen8
- hoses8
- hosts8
- shent8
- shies8
- shine8
- shins8
- shist8
- shite8
- shits8
- shoes8
- shone8
- shote8
- shots8
- sinhs8
- soths8
- thein8
- thens8
- thine8
- thins8
- those8
- nosiest7
- eths7
- hens7
- hent7
- hest7
- hets7
- hies7
- hins7
- hint7
- hisn7
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