Unscramble HOSES and you have 31 words, HOSES itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. HOSES has 1 anagram here, SHOES, scoring 8 like HOSES itself. Among the shorter answers, 7 reach 7 points, SHOE, HOSE and HOES among them. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HOSES split into 2 with 5 letters, 8 with 4, 12 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Trade one tile of HOSES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ES · all 5-letter words
The meaning of HOSES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 31) | 30 | 31 | 24 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
6 of the 31 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HOSS, SESH, SOHS, HOS, SHO and SOH. 1 of the 31 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EHS.
Each word below uses all the letters of HOSES and one more.