HOUSEPERSON is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HOUSEPERSON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOUSEPERSON?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOUSEPERSON is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOUSEPERSON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
housepersonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOUSEPERSON scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HOUSEPERSON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOUSEPERSON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOUSEPERSON mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A person who runs a home and does the cooking, cleaning and other domestic work, whatever their sex.
This is a gender-neutral replacement for older words that named only a wife or a husband in the role. A houseperson may be paid or may simply manage the family home unpaid.
How HOUSEPERSON is used
Rare and a little formal; it turns up in discussions of household work and in neutral job titles.
- The survey asked whether each respondent was a houseperson or in paid work.
- He became a full-time houseperson while his wife went back to work.
- The role of houseperson is rarely given proper credit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOUSEPERSON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOUSEPERSON
1 longer words begin with HOUSEPERSON.
Shorter words from the letters in HOUSEPERSON
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Common questions about HOUSEPERSON
- Is HOUSEPERSON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOUSEPERSON, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOUSEPERSON worth?
- HOUSEPERSON is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOUSEPERSON mean?
- A person who runs a home and does the cooking, cleaning and other domestic work, whatever their sex.
- What letters can be added to HOUSEPERSON?
- HOUSEPERSON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HOUSEPERSON:
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