Unscramble HOLDFASTS and you have 223 words, HOLDFASTS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. HOLDFAST is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HOLDFASTS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 19 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in HOLDFASTS: HOLDFAST, 15 points.
SHALOTS is the only one of the 7-letter words made with HOLDFASTS letters; it scores 10 points.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLDFASTS, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. FLASH, SHOTS and HOLDS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from HOLDFASTS; 4 of them share the top score of 10. FAST, HALF and HOLD are everyday picks.
FAH and FOH are the top 3-letter words in HOLDFASTS, 9 points each. HAS, HAD and OLD will look familiar.
These 2 words have the length of HOLDFASTS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
HOLDFASTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOLDFASTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLDFASTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 223) | 194 | 221 | 170 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FLOSH, HALFS, SHALOTS, DHOLS, HOASTS, SHALOT, SHOLAS, SOLAHS, DHOL, HADS, HOAST, SHOLA and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DOSHAS, FAHS, ASLOSH, DOSHA, FAH, ODAHS, DOHS, DOSH, ODAH, DOH, HAOS, HOSS and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS and ALF, 2 in all.