Unscramble HOUSEBOUND and you have 246 words, HOUSEBOUND itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BUHUNDS leads with 13 points. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
H43O1U12S1E1B34O1U12N12D2
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HOUSEBOUND split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in HOUSEBOUND: UNHOUSED, 12 points.
Of the 33 6-letter words from HOUSEBOUND, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. UNUSED, BOUNDS and HOUSED are the ones most people know.
BUNDH tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOUSEBOUND at 11 points; next come BOHOS and BOOHS on 10. HOUSE, BONUS and BOUND will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HOUSEBOUND, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. BUSH, BOND and BEDS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from HOUSEBOUND, BOH, HOB and HUB tie for first at 8 points. END, DUE and BED are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HOUSEBOUND but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ND · all 10-letter words
The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BUSHED, HOBOED and UNHOUSED (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HOUSEBOUND works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSEBOUND itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 246) | 192 | 246 | 170 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 54 of them: BUHUNDS, BOOHED, BUHUND, BUNDHS, DEBOSH, BUNDH, UNSHOED, BONUSED, BOOHS, HOONED, BOHS, BOOH and 42 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: BOHOS, HUNDOS, BOHO, HUNDO, SUNBED, DOBES, DOHS, DOOBS, DOSH, DOBE, DOH, DOOB and 10 more.