Is HOUSEHOLDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HOUSEHOLDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HOUSEHOLDS mean?
Households is a form of HOUSEHOLD.
- noun
a social unit living together
“he moved his family to Virginia”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
10
Letters
H (4) + O (1) + U (1) + S (1) + E (1) + H (4) + O (1) + L (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 HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSEHOLDS 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 HOUSEHOLDS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- household16
- shooshed15
- shushed14
- hushed13
- hoodless12
- hushes12
- shoosh12
- shooled11
- sloshed11
- slushed11
- shush11
- housels10
- dholes10
- doshes10
- housed10
- lushed10
- shooed10
- should10
- hehs10
- hush10
- hosels9
- housel9
- houses9
- lushes9
- sheols9
- shools9
- dhole9
- holds9
- holed9
- hoods9
- hosed9
- oohed9
- sheds9
- shoed9
- heh9
- huh9
- shh9
- helos8
- holes8
- holos8
- hosel8
- hoses8
- house8
- sheol8
- shoes8
- shool8
- shoos8
- shuls8
- slosh8
- slush8
- dohs8
- dosh8
- edhs8
- held8
- hods8
- hoed8
- hold8
- hood8
- hued8
- ohed8
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