HOUSELIGHTS is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. HOUSELIGHTS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOUSELIGHTS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOUSELIGHTS is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOUSELIGHTS
No single letter turns HOUSELIGHTS into another word.
How HOUSELIGHTS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HOUSELIGHTS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOUSELIGHTS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOUSELIGHTS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The lights that illuminate the audience area of a theatre or auditorium.
Stage crews dim the houselights just before a show starts so the audience looks toward the stage. When a performance ends, the houselights come back up and people gather their coats.
How HOUSELIGHTS is used
Houselights is a theatre term, usually plural, heard in cues such as houselights down.
- The houselights dimmed and the curtain rose.
- The stage manager called for houselights at the end of the play.
- Someone coughed as the houselights went down.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOUSELIGHTS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HOUSELIGHTS
The 11 tiles of HOUSELIGHTS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in HOUSELIGHTS
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Common questions about HOUSELIGHTS
- Is HOUSELIGHTS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOUSELIGHTS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOUSELIGHTS worth?
- HOUSELIGHTS is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOUSELIGHTS mean?
- The lights that illuminate the audience area of a theatre or auditorium.
- What letters can be added to HOUSELIGHTS?
- No single letter can be added to HOUSELIGHTS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HOUSELIGHTS:
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