Is HOUSEWIVES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HOUSEWIVES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HOUSEWIVES mean?
Housewives is a form of HOUSEWIFE.
- noun
a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
19
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
10
Letters
H (4) + O (1) + U (1) + S (1) + E (1) + W (4) + I (1) + V (4) + E (1) + S (1) = 19 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 HOUSEWIVES
HOUSEWIVES 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 HOUSEWIVES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- huswives17
- shives12
- shoves12
- swives12
- whosis12
- wishes12
- hives11
- howes11
- shews11
- shive11
- shivs11
- shove11
- shows11
- swish11
- swive11
- views11
- whose11
- wives11
- hews10
- hive10
- hove10
- howe10
- hows10
- shew10
- shiv10
- show10
- view10
- vows10
- whee10
- wish10
- wive10
- wove10
- hoises9
- houses9
- sieves9
- hew9
- how9
- vow9
- who9
- hoise8
- hoses8
- house8
- owies8
- shies8
- shoes8
- sieve8
- sushi8
- vises8
- wises8
- eves7
- ewes7
- hies7
- hiss7
- hoes7
- hose7
- hoss7
- hues7
- owes7
- owie7
- owse7
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