HOLD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HOLD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOLD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOLD is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOLD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOLD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HOLD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,317.
What does HOLD mean in Scrabble?
verb
To grasp and keep in the hands.
Hold the verb and hold meaning a ship's cargo space are unrelated: the second came from a Dutch word and gained its final letter by confusion with the first. The mistake is four centuries old.
How HOLD is used
Irregular past tense. Also a noun.
- They hold the lease until the end of the year.
- The word hold covers two unrelated things.
- A ship's hold gained its last letter by mistake.
- Get hold of somebody who knows.
- The confusion behind hold is four centuries old.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOLD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HOLD
The 4 tiles of HOLD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HOLD
Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with HOLD.
Words ending in HOLD
Showing 24 of 27 words that end in HOLD. Useful as a back hook: play HOLD onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOLD inside
Showing 24 of 147 words that contain HOLD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOLD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOLD
Common questions about HOLD
- Is HOLD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOLD, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOLD worth?
- HOLD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOLD mean?
- To grasp and keep in the hands.
- What letters can be added to HOLD?
- HOLD takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HOLD:
Open HOLD in the Word Finder