Is PIGEONHOLED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PIGEONHOLED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PIGEONHOLED mean?
Pigeonholed is a form of PIGEONHOLE.
- noun
a specific (often simplistic) category
- noun
a small compartment
- verb
place into a small compartment
- verb
treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
“I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
11
Letters
P (3) + I (1) + G (2) + E (1) + O (1) + N (1) + H (4) + O (1) + L (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 18 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 PIGEONHOLED
PIGEONHOLED 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 PIGEONHOLED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- pigeonhole16
- ideophone15
- oenophile14
- geophone14
- enophile13
- dolphin13
- helping13
- hooping13
- phonied13
- poohing13
- heeding12
- holding12
- hongied12
- hooding12
- neighed12
- piehole12
- pinhole12
- gonoph12
- helped12
- hooped12
- hoping12
- phoned12
- poohed12
- dogpile11
- heeling11
- hinged11
- holpen11
- nighed11
- phenol11
- ephod11
- hoped11
- eloigned10
- eloping10
- epigone10
- looping10
- peeling10
- pooling10
- doping10
- heiled10
- hoeing10
- hoiden10
- holden10
- holing10
- hondle10
- honied10
- hoodie10
- oohing10
- pinged10
- pledge10
- pogoed10
- ponged10
- pongid10
- hedge10
- phone10
- phono10
- deleing9
- glenoid9
- depone9
- diploe9
- dipole9
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