HAUSFRAU is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HAUSFRAU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAUSFRAU?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAUSFRAU is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAUSFRAU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hausfrausChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAUSFRAU scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HAUSFRAU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HAUSFRAU has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HAUSFRAU mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A German housewife, or a woman seen as entirely devoted to home and family.
In English hausfrau is borrowed straight from German. It can be neutral, but it is sometimes used to tease a woman for being strictly domestic.
How HAUSFRAU is used
Borrowed word; the tone of hausfrau depends on the speaker and may sound dismissive.
- The hausfrau swept her front step every morning.
- He described his aunt as a proper hausfrau.
- A stout hausfrau served the soup.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAUSFRAU and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAUSFRAU
2 longer words begin with HAUSFRAU.
Shorter words from the letters in HAUSFRAU
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Common questions about HAUSFRAU
- Is HAUSFRAU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAUSFRAU, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAUSFRAU worth?
- HAUSFRAU is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAUSFRAU mean?
- A German housewife, or a woman seen as entirely devoted to home and family.
- What letters can be added to HAUSFRAU?
- HAUSFRAU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HAUSFRAU:
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