263 words come out when you unscramble POSTHOLES, starting with POSTHOLES itself: 14 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 13, among them POTHOLES, HOOPLESS and POSTHOLE. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from POSTHOLES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 12 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 47 6-letter words from POSTHOLES, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. HOTELS, PHOTOS and HOSTEL are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POSTHOLES; 18 of them share the top score of 10. HOTEL, PHOTO and SHOES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble POSTHOLES, 18 score 9 points, the group's best. HELP, SHOP and HOPE are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words from POSTHOLES; 6 of them share the top score of 8. TOP, SET and TOO are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of POSTHOLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The meaning of POSTHOLES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POSTHOLES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSTHOLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 263) | 218 | 263 | 190 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: SPLOOSH, POSHES, POSHOS, HESPS, PLESH, POSHO, SHOOLES, SHOPE, SPOSH, HEPT, HESP, POHS and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: POTHOSES, POTHOS, THESPS, PHEOS, THESP, HEPS, PHEO, PHOS, POSOLES, HOLOS, PHO, POSOLE and 16 more.
These 2 words take every letter of POSTHOLES plus a single extra one.