PESTHOLE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PESTHOLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PESTHOLE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PESTHOLE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PESTHOLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pestholesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PESTHOLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PESTHOLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PESTHOLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PESTHOLE
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PESTHOLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A filthy, disease-ridden place where sickness easily spreads.
Historians use pesthole for crowded old slums and harbours where plague and fever took hold. It can also be used loosely and rudely for any squalid spot.
How PESTHOLE is used
Pesthole is used mainly in historical writing and in strongly disapproving descriptions.
- The old dock became a pesthole during the epidemic.
- Reformers wanted to clear the pesthole from the city centre.
- He called the damp cellar a pesthole.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PESTHOLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PESTHOLE
The 8 tiles of PESTHOLE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PESTHOLE
1 longer words begin with PESTHOLE.
Shorter words from the letters in PESTHOLE
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Common questions about PESTHOLE
- Is PESTHOLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PESTHOLE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PESTHOLE worth?
- PESTHOLE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PESTHOLE mean?
- A filthy, disease-ridden place where sickness easily spreads.
- What letters can be added to PESTHOLE?
- PESTHOLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PESTHOLE:
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