Is PLAYHOUSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PLAYHOUSES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PLAYHOUSES mean?
Playhouses is a form of PLAYHOUSE.
- noun
plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
10
Letters
P (3) + L (1) + A (1) + Y (4) + H (4) + O (1) + U (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 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 PLAYHOUSES
PLAYHOUSES 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 PLAYHOUSES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- playhouse17
- shapely15
- splashy15
- hyssop14
- phylae14
- physes14
- plashy14
- plushy14
- poshly14
- sylphs14
- haploses13
- haply13
- heapy13
- hypes13
- hypos13
- phyla13
- phyle13
- pushy13
- sophy13
- sylph13
- syphs13
- hapless12
- plashes12
- plushes12
- pusleys12
- pussley12
- sulphas12
- hoseys12
- housey12
- hoyles12
- shaley12
- shoaly12
- shoyus12
- sloshy12
- slushy12
- hype12
- hypo12
- hyps12
- syph12
- alephs11
- layups11
- ouphes11
- pashes11
- payess11
- phases11
- ployes11
- pushes11
- pusley11
- pussly11
- pyoses11
- sepoys11
- shapes11
- shleps11
- slypes11
- splash11
- splays11
- splosh11
- sulpha11
- holey11
- hosey11
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