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65 words come out when you unscramble HOLDDOWN, starting with HOLDDOWN itself: 16 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DHOW and NOHOW, 11 points each. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.

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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.

Possible Words From holddown

Counting the words from HOLDDOWN by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 5, 22 with 4, 28 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 7 or 6 letters.

8 Letter Words You Can Make with holddown

5 Letter Words You Can Make with holddown

NOHOW scores highest among the 5-letter words in HOLDDOWN at 11 points, ahead of LOWND and WOOLD on 9.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with holddown

The best of the 4-letter words made with HOLDDOWN letters is DHOW, 11 points; HOWL on 10 and DOWD on 9 follow. DOWN, HOLD and WOOD are everyday picks.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with holddown

HOW and WHO are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLDDOWN, 9 points each. NOW, OWN and OLD will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with holddown

Of the 10 2-letter words from HOLDDOWN, 4 score 5 points, the group's best. ON, DO and NO are the ones most people know.

Change One Tile in HOLDDOWN

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

More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in WN · all 8-letter words

Definitions for the Top HOLDDOWN Plays

The meaning of HOLDDOWN, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

HOLDDOWN 16 · 17
a clamp for holding an object in place
DHOW 11 · 10
an Arabian sailing vessel
NOHOW 11 · 11
in no manner
HOWL 10 · 10
to cry like a dog
HOW 9 · 8
a method of doing something
WHO 9 · 8
what or which person or persons
DOWN 8 · 9
to cause to fall
HOLD 8 · 8
to maintain possession of

Is HOLDDOWN Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

In Scrabble, yes: HOLDDOWN is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
HOLDDOWN itselfYesYesNo
Answers accepted (of 65)486543

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

Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 17 of them: DOWD, LOWND, WOOLD, DHOL, DOWL, HOLON, HOND, HOON, NOWL, WOON, DOD, DOOL and 5 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: HOLDDOWN, DOH, HOLO, HOO and ONO.

Longer Words Built on HOLDDOWN

This word takes every letter of HOLDDOWN plus a single extra one.

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