Is HOUSEFATHERS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HOUSEFATHERS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 21 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HOUSEFATHERS mean?
Housefathers is a form of HOUSEFATHER.
- noun
a man in charge of children in an institution
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
21
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
12
Letters
H (4) + O (1) + U (1) + S (1) + E (1) + F (4) + A (1) + T (1) + H (4) + E (1) + R (1) + S (1) = 21 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 HOUSEFATHERS
HOUSEFATHERS 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 HOUSEFATHERS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- housefather20
- sheathers15
- shorefast15
- feathers14
- freshest14
- freshets14
- harshest14
- heathers14
- rehashes14
- sheather14
- sheathes14
- thrashes14
- threshes14
- thrushes14
- fathers13
- feather13
- fourths13
- freshes13
- freshet13
- froshes13
- hafters13
- hearths13
- heather13
- hefters13
- sheathe13
- sheaths13
- shofars13
- shusher13
- terefah13
- thereof13
- authoress12
- teahouses12
- afresh12
- fashes12
- father12
- fourth12
- froths12
- hafter12
- hashes12
- hearth12
- heaths12
- hefter12
- hereof12
- horahs12
- hushes12
- rehash12
- shafts12
- sheafs12
- sheath12
- sheesh12
- shofar12
- thrash12
- thresh12
- thrush12
- trefah12
- earshots11
- feasters11
- features11
- foetuses11
- hoarsest11
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