Unscramble HODS to get 21 words. HODS itself is a real word: 8 points on a Scrabble board, 7 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: DOHS, DOSH and SHOD. DOH and HOD are the best of the shorter words, at 7 points. 4 letters: 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HODS split into 4 with 4 letters, 10 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Trade one tile of HODS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 4-letter words: starting with HO · ending in DS · all 4-letter words
The meaning of HODS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HODS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 21) | 20 | 21 | 14 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Words With Friends*: DOHS, DOSH, DOH, HOS, SHO and SOH, 6 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DSO.
These 12 words take every letter of HODS plus a single extra one.