Is PESTHOLE a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PESTHOLE is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PESTHOLE mean?
- noun
a breeding ground for epidemic disease
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
14
Words With Friends
8
Letters
P (3) + E (1) + S (1) + T (1) + H (4) + O (1) + L (1) + E (1) = 13 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 PESTHOLE
Single letters that turn PESTHOLE into another valid word in US Scrabble. Hooks let you extend a word already on the board.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks1
Anagrams of PESTHOLE
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from PESTHOLE
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- heelpost13
- teleshop13
- heptose12
- tophes11
- helps10
- hopes10
- pheos10
- phots10
- sheep10
- shlep10
- thesp10
- tophe10
- tophs10
- helots9
- hostel9
- hotels9
- lethes9
- tholes9
- help9
- heps9
- holp9
- hope9
- hops9
- pehs9
- pheo9
- phos9
- phot9
- posh9
- shop9
- soph9
- toph9
- elopes8
- pestle8
- topees8
- ethos8
- heels8
- helos8
- helot8
- holes8
- holts8
- hosel8
- hotel8
- lethe8
- sheet8
- sheol8
- shote8
- sloth8
- these8
- thole8
- those8
- hep8
- hop8
- peh8
- pho8
- pht8
- poh8
- elope7
- estop7
- lopes7
- peels7
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