Is NEIGHBORHOODS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, NEIGHBORHOODS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 23 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does NEIGHBORHOODS mean?
Neighborhoods is a form of NEIGHBORHOOD.
- noun
a surrounding or nearby region
“the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville”
- noun
people living near one another
“it is a friendly neighborhood”
- noun
the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
“it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job”
- noun
an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
“an ethnic neighborhood”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
23
Scrabble
24
Words With Friends
13
Letters
N (1) + E (1) + I (1) + G (2) + H (4) + B (3) + O (1) + R (1) + H (4) + O (1) + O (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 23 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 NEIGHBORHOODS
NEIGHBORHOODS 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 NEIGHBORHOODS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- neighborhood22
- highbred18
- highborn17
- neighbors15
- bighorns14
- neighbor14
- shoehorn14
- desorbing13
- herdings13
- horndogs13
- behinds13
- bighorn13
- hoboing13
- higher13
- birdsong12
- brooding12
- dishonor12
- hordeins12
- songbird12
- boorish12
- goodish12
- herding12
- hongied12
- hooding12
- hording12
- horndog12
- behind12
- dhobis12
- hoboed12
- heigh12
- highs12
- bridoons11
- nobodies11
- sobering11
- begirds11
- bodings11
- boinged11
- boogied11
- bridges11
- dehorns11
- dronish11
- gorhens11
- hinders11
- hingers11
- hognose11
- hoidens11
- hongies11
- honored11
- hoodier11
- hoodies11
- hordein11
- horsing11
- nerdish11
- ogreish11
- shoeing11
- shooing11
- shoring11
- shrined11
- sonhood11
- dreigh11
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