Is HOUSECLEANS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HOUSECLEANS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HOUSECLEANS mean?
Housecleans is a form of HOUSECLEAN.
- verb
clean and tidy up the house
“She housecleans every week”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
11
Letters
H (4) + O (1) + U (1) + S (1) + E (1) + C (3) + L (1) + E (1) + A (1) + N (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 HOUSECLEANS
HOUSECLEANS 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 HOUSECLEANS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- houseclean15
- eulachons14
- seneschal14
- shoelaces14
- chalones13
- echelons13
- echoless13
- elenchus13
- encashes13
- enchases13
- eulachon13
- lacheses13
- launches13
- nacheses13
- shoelace13
- slouches13
- alehouses12
- unleashes12
- achenes12
- cahouns12
- chalone12
- chaoses12
- chouses12
- clashes12
- cohunes12
- echelon12
- enchase12
- hocuses12
- lanches12
- leaches12
- loaches12
- lochans12
- lunches12
- nuchals12
- nucleases11
- alehouse11
- enhaloes11
- haleness11
- unlashes11
- achene11
- anchos11
- cahoun11
- cashes11
- chases11
- chasse11
- chelae11
- chelas11
- cholas11
- chosen11
- choses11
- chouse11
- chuses11
- cohune11
- coshes11
- echoes11
- encash11
- hances11
- laches11
- launch11
- leches11
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