Unscramble HOUSELESS and you have 159 words, HOUSELESS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HOUSELESS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 9 with 7, 21 with 6, 32 with 5, 49 with 4, 29 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 32 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HOUSELESS, the top score is 8, reached by 16. HOUSE, SHOES and HOLES are the familiar ones.
Of the 49 4-letter words made with HOUSELESS letters, 19 score 7 points, the group's best. LESS, LOSS and USES are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HOUSELESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of HOUSELESS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HOUSELESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSELESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 159) | 122 | 158 | 107 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: SHOUSES, HUSSES, SHEELS, SHOUSE, SHULES, HELES, HULES, HUSOS, SHEEL, SHULE, HELE, HULE and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: SLUSHEES, SLUSHEE, HOSSES, SESHES, SOLEUSES, HOSS, SESH, SOHS, HOS, SHO, SOH, SUSES and 2 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: LUESES.
This word takes every letter of HOUSELESS plus a single extra one.