LONGHOUSE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. LONGHOUSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LONGHOUSE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LONGHOUSE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LONGHOUSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
longhousesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LONGHOUSE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in LONGHOUSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LONGHOUSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LONGHOUSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A long communal dwelling, built by several peoples, including the Iroquois and some peoples of Southeast Asia.
A longhouse holds many families under a single roof, often divided along a central corridor. The word is also used for similar long timber halls of Viking-age northern Europe.
How LONGHOUSE is used
Used in anthropology and history.
- The Iroquois lived in a bark-covered longhouse.
- Several families shared the longhouse in the village.
- Archaeologists uncovered the remains of a Viking longhouse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LONGHOUSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LONGHOUSE
1 longer words begin with LONGHOUSE.
Shorter words from the letters in LONGHOUSE
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Common questions about LONGHOUSE
- Is LONGHOUSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LONGHOUSE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LONGHOUSE worth?
- LONGHOUSE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LONGHOUSE mean?
- A long communal dwelling, built by several peoples, including the Iroquois and some peoples of Southeast Asia.
- What letters can be added to LONGHOUSE?
- LONGHOUSE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of LONGHOUSE:
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