STOKEHOLD is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. STOKEHOLD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STOKEHOLD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STOKEHOLD is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STOKEHOLD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stokeholdsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STOKEHOLD scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in STOKEHOLD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STOKEHOLD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does STOKEHOLD mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
The compartment of a steamship where the boilers and furnaces are kept.
In the stokehold of an old steamer, firemen shovelled coal into the furnaces in great heat. It lay deep in the hull, far from the passengers above. Modern oil-fired ships use the term engine room instead.
How STOKEHOLD is used
Stokehold is a nautical term, now mostly historical.
- The stokehold glowed red as the boilers roared.
- Men worked in shifts in the stokehold of the liner.
- Soot covered everyone who climbed out of the stokehold.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STOKEHOLD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STOKEHOLD
1 longer words begin with STOKEHOLD.
Shorter words from the letters in STOKEHOLD
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Common questions about STOKEHOLD
- Is STOKEHOLD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STOKEHOLD, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STOKEHOLD worth?
- STOKEHOLD is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STOKEHOLD mean?
- The compartment of a steamship where the boilers and furnaces are kept.
- What letters can be added to STOKEHOLD?
- STOKEHOLD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of STOKEHOLD:
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