151 words come out when you unscramble HOUSEKEEP, starting with HOUSEKEEP itself: 18 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, KOPHS leads with 14 points. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HOUSEKEEP split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 6, 22 with 5, 59 with 4, 45 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
KOPH scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HOUSEKEEP at 13 points, ahead of HOKE and HUSK on 11. SHOP, KEEP and HOPE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HOUSEKEEP but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in EP · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by KOPHS (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HOUSEKEEP, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSEKEEP itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 151) | 122 | 151 | 108 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POUKES, KESH, KUEH, PHEESE, POUKE, POUKS, SHEEPO, PHESE, POUK, SHOPE, SPEK, HESP and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SUKH, PHEOS, HEPS, PHEO, PHOS, PHO, EEK, SUK, HOS, OK, SHO, SOH and 2 more, 14 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of HOUSEKEEP and one more.