201 words come out when you unscramble HOLDFAST, starting with HOLDFAST itself: 15 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 5 of them, FLASH, SHAFT and FLOSH included. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HOLDFAST split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Of the 55 5-letter words made with HOLDFAST letters, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. FLASH, HOLDS and LOADS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLDFAST; 4 of them share the top score of 10. FAST, HALF and HOLD are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words from HOLDFAST are led by FAH and FOH, 9 points each. HAS, HAD and OLD are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of HOLDFAST for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
What HOLDFAST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOLDFAST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLDFAST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 201) | 173 | 199 | 153 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
26 of the 201 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FLOSH, HALFS, DHOLS, SHALOT, DHOL, HADS, HOAST, SHOLA, SOLAH, DOF, HOAS, LOSH and 14 more. 20 of the 201 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FAHS, DOSHA, FAH, ODAHS, DOHS, DOSH, ODAH, DOH, HAOS, LAHS, AHS, HOS and 8 more. 2 of the 201 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS and ALF.
Each word below uses all the letters of HOLDFAST and one more.