Unscramble STOKEHOLD to get 250 words. STOKEHOLD itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1T1O1K5E1H43O1L12D2
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from STOKEHOLD split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 34 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
HOLKED and HOOKED share the top score of 14 among the 6-letter words from STOKEHOLD. HOTELS, LOOKED and HOSTED are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STOKEHOLD is HOKED, 13 points; HOKES and HOLKS on 12 follow. HOTEL, LOOKS and HOLDS are everyday picks.
7 of 60 4-letter words from STOKEHOLD tie at 11 points; none scores more. LOOK, HELD and TOOK will look familiar.
KED scores highest among the 3-letter words in STOKEHOLD at 8 points, ahead of DOH and EDH on 7. SET, OLD and HOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of STOKEHOLD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ST · ending in LD · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HOOKLETS (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept STOKEHOLD, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STOKEHOLD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 250) | 204 | 250 | 183 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHTOOK, DOOKETS, DOOKET, KESH, SLOTHED, SOOKED, DOEKS, DOOKS, TOSHED, DHOLS, DOEK, DOOK and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SKOLED, KELTS, SKED, DOHS, DOSH, HOLOS, KELT, SKOL, TOODLES, DOH, HOLO, TOODLE and 9 more, 21 in all.
This word takes every letter of STOKEHOLD plus a single extra one.