Is HOGSHEADS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HOGSHEADS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HOGSHEADS mean?
Hogsheads is a form of HOGSHEAD.
- noun
a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages
- noun
a large cask especially one holding 63 gals
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
9
Letters
H (4) + O (1) + G (2) + S (1) + H (4) + E (1) + A (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 17 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 HOGSHEADS
HOGSHEADS 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 HOGSHEADS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- hogshead16
- hashed13
- hashes12
- gashed11
- shahs11
- dashes10
- doshas10
- doshes10
- gashes10
- sadhes10
- sashed10
- shades10
- hahs10
- hash10
- hehs10
- shah10
- dosages9
- seadogs9
- ashed9
- deash9
- dosha9
- hades9
- heads9
- hosed9
- odahs9
- sadhe9
- shade9
- shads9
- shags9
- sheds9
- shoed9
- shogs9
- hah9
- heh9
- shh9
- dosage8
- gassed8
- seadog8
- ashes8
- hoses8
- sheas8
- shoes8
- ahed8
- dahs8
- dash8
- dohs8
- dosh8
- edhs8
- gash8
- gosh8
- hade8
- haed8
- hags8
- head8
- hods8
- hoed8
- hogs8
- odah8
- ohed8
- shad8
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