Unscramble HOLDBACK and you have 133 words, HOLDBACK itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CHALK, BODACH and DHOLAK lead with 14 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HOLDBACK by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 6, 11 with 5, 49 with 4, 51 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
HACK and HOCK share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words from HOLDBACK. BACK, HOLD and COLD are the ones most people know.
Among 51 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLDBACK, the top score is 9, reached by 4. HAD, OLD and BAD are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of HOLDBACK, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in CK · all 8-letter words
The meaning of HOLDBACK, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOLDBACK, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLDBACK itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 133) | 105 | 133 | 96 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); *the Words With Friends list changes.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BODACH, COHAB, CHADO, DACK, HOKA, KOHA, BOAK, BOK, CHAL, ACH, ALKO, BOH and 16 more, 28 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DHOLAK, CHOLA, ACK, OCH, DOH, LAH, OK, CAL and LOC, 9 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of HOLDBACK plus a single extra one.