Unscramble hold

12 words come out when you unscramble HOLD, starting with HOLD itself: 8 in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends. HOLD has 1 anagram here, DHOL, scoring 8 like HOLD itself. It has 4 letters, 1 vowel and 3 consonants.

Looking for dolh, dloh, lhdo, olhd, ldho, dhlo, dlho or odlh? They use the same letters as HOLD, so the words on this page are their answers too.

H₄³O₁L₁²D₂

Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.

Possible Words From hold

Counting the words from HOLD by length: 2 with 4 letters, 5 with 3 and 5 with 2.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with hold

HOLD and 1 anagram, DHOL, make up the 4-letter words in HOLD; each scores 8 points.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with hold

DOH and HOD are the top 3-letter words made with HOLD letters, 7 points each. OLD will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with hold

HO and OH share the top score of 5 among the 2-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLD. DO is the one most people know.

Change One Tile in HOLD

Keep every letter of HOLD but one, change that one, and you get:

H G gives GOLD · words from gold
H U gives LOUD · words from loud
H M gives MOLD · unscramble mold
H F gives FOLD · unscramble fold
D S gives HOLS · words from hols
O I gives HILD · unscramble hild

More 4-letter words: starting with HO · ending in LD · all 4-letter words

Definitions for the Top HOLD Plays

HOLD first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

HOLD 8 · 8: to maintain possession of
DOH 7 · 6: the first tone of the diatonic scale
HOD 7 · 6: a portable trough
HO 5 · 4: a prostitute
OH 5 · 4: to exclaim in surprise, pain, or desire
DOL 4 · 5: a unit of pain intensity
OLD 4 · 5: living or existing for a relatively long time
DO 3 · 3: the first tone of the diatonic musical scale

Can You Play HOLD in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

HOLD 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*
HOLD itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 12)	10	12	9

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: DHOL and LOD. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: DOH.

One Extra Tile and HOLD Grows

With one more tile, the letters of HOLD spell the words below.

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