Unscramble HOLDBACKS and you have 220 words, HOLDBACKS itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HOLDBACKS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 13 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in HOLDBACKS: HOLDBACK, for 20 points.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLDBACKS; 5 of them share the top score of 14. BLACK, BLOCK and HOLDS are everyday picks.
HACK and HOCK share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words made with HOLDBACKS letters. BACK, CASH and HOLD are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLDBACKS, the top score is 9, reached by 4. HAS, HAD and ASK are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of HOLDBACKS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of HOLDBACKS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. HOLDBACKS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLDBACKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 220) | 175 | 220 | 153 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BODACHS, BODACH, COHABS, BACHS, CHADOS, COHAB, DACKS, HOKAS, KOHAS, SOKAH, BOAKS, CHADO and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DHOLAKS, DHOLAK, CHOLAS, CHOLA, ACK, DOSHA, ODAHS, DOHS, DOSH, OCH, ODAH, DOH and 10 more, 22 in all.
This word takes every letter of HOLDBACKS plus a single extra one.