Unscramble DOGHOLES and you have 198 words, DOGHOLES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 13 points: GOLOSHED and SHOOGLED. DOGHOLE is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DOGHOLES by length: 3 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 14 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Of the 47 5-letter words from DOGHOLES, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. GOODS, LODGE and HOLDS are the ones most people know.
15 of 60 4-letter words made with DOGHOLES letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. GOOD, DOES and GOLD will look familiar.
Of the 53 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DOGHOLES, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. OLD, GOD and LOG are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DOGHOLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DO · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GOLOSHE and SHOOLED (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DOGHOLES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOGHOLES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 198) | 147 | 198 | 135 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: DOGHOLES, GOLOSHED, SHOOGLED, DOGHOLE, SHOOGLE, SEGHOL, DHOLS, DOSEH, SHOOLE, DHOL, GOOLDS, DOOLES and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: DOHS, DOSH, HOLOS, LOGOED, DOH, HOLO, HOO, HOS, SHO, SOH, EDS and GOS.