HOUSE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HOUSE 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 HOUSE?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOUSE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOUSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOUSE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HOUSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,508.
What does HOUSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A building made for people to live in, usually for one family or household.
A house typically has its own walls, roof and entrance, and stands apart from a shared building such as an apartment block, though the word also extends to figurative uses like a publishing house or a house of representatives. In everyday speech house often implies ownership and a sense of permanence, distinguishing it from a temporary rented flat or a hotel room. The word is one of the oldest in English, tracing back through Old English hus to a common Germanic root shared with German Haus and Dutch huis.
How HOUSE is used
Extremely common in everyday speech, both for the building itself and in many extended and figurative senses.
- They bought a small house on a quiet street near the school.
- The old house has stood on the corner for over a hundred years.
- He painted the house a pale blue last summer.
- Every house on the block was decorated for the holiday.
- The auction house sold the painting for a record price.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOUSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOUSE
Showing 24 of 130 words that begin with HOUSE.
Words ending in HOUSE
Showing 24 of 116 words that end in HOUSE. Useful as a back hook: play HOUSE onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOUSE inside
Showing 24 of 133 words that contain HOUSE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOUSE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOUSE
Common questions about HOUSE
- Is HOUSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOUSE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOUSE worth?
- HOUSE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOUSE mean?
- A building made for people to live in, usually for one family or household.
- What letters can be added to HOUSE?
- HOUSE takes 7 hooks: 2 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HOUSE:
Open HOUSE in the Word Finder