Unscramble DOGHOUSE and you have 158 words, DOGHOUSE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. SOUGHED is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DOGHOUSE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 16 with 5, 57 with 4, 57 with 3 and 20 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with DOGHOUSE letters: SOUGHED, 12 points.
20 of 57 4-letter words from DOGHOUSE tie at 8 points; none scores more. USED, GOOD and DOES will look familiar.
Of the 57 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DOGHOUSE, 7 score 7 points, the group's best. USE, GOD and DUE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DOGHOUSE but one, change that one, and you get:
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What DOGHOUSE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DOGHOUSE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOGHOUSE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 158) | 121 | 158 | 111 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
37 of the 158 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DOSEH, EUGHS, DUSH, EUGH, DEGUS, GODSO, HUSO, SOHO, DEGS, DEGU, EHS, DEG and 25 more. 10 of the 158 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DOHS, DOSH, DOH, DUH, HOO, HOS, SHO, SOH, EDS and GOS.
This word takes every letter of DOGHOUSE plus a single extra one.