HOUSEL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HOUSEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOUSEL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOUSEL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOUSEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
houselsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOUSEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HOUSEL, 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 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 97,009.
What does HOUSEL mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To give the Eucharist, the Christian rite of bread and wine, to someone.
In older English a priest would housel a dying person, bringing the sacrament to the bedside before the last hour. The word is also a noun for the sacrament itself and for the ceremony in which it is given. It goes back to an Old English word for a sacrificial offering and has long been replaced in everyday speech by phrases like "give communion". It is still met in medieval literature and in historical novels.
How HOUSEL is used
Archaic and religious; found in older texts and historical writing rather than in current speech.
- The priest came to housel the dying knight.
- In the old tale, the monk would housel every pilgrim at the chapel door.
- They sent for the vicar to housel her before the end.
- The poem tells how he was brought to housel at dawn.
- To housel the sick was once among the first duties of a parish priest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOUSEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOUSEL
16 longer words begin with HOUSEL.
Shorter words from the letters in HOUSEL
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Common questions about HOUSEL
- Is HOUSEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOUSEL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOUSEL worth?
- HOUSEL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOUSEL mean?
- To give the Eucharist, the Christian rite of bread and wine, to someone.
- What letters can be added to HOUSEL?
- HOUSEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HOUSEL:
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