HOUSEMAID is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HOUSEMAID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOUSEMAID?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOUSEMAID is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOUSEMAID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
housemaidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOUSEMAID scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HOUSEMAID, 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 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOUSEMAID has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HOUSEMAID
- All 9 letters of HOUSEMAID are different — nothing repeats.
- HOUSEMAID contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HOUSEMAID mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A female servant employed to clean the rooms of a household.
A housemaid in a large Victorian home would light fires, dust the reception rooms and make up the beds. The job has mostly vanished, replaced by cleaners who come in by the hour.
How HOUSEMAID is used
Now mostly historical or found in period fiction.
- The housemaid swept the stairs every morning.
- She worked as a housemaid for a family in London.
- The novel opens with a young housemaid arriving at the manor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOUSEMAID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOUSEMAID
1 longer words begin with HOUSEMAID.
Shorter words from the letters in HOUSEMAID
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Common questions about HOUSEMAID
- Is HOUSEMAID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOUSEMAID, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOUSEMAID worth?
- HOUSEMAID is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOUSEMAID mean?
- A female servant employed to clean the rooms of a household.
- What letters can be added to HOUSEMAID?
- HOUSEMAID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HOUSEMAID:
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