8-Letter Words With HOES
- 4 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 8-Letter Words With HOES
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 8-Letter Words With HOES 4 words
How often does HOES appear in eight-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 4 eight-letter words containing HOES. They average 14.3 points and the best is BACKHOES (19 points).
- Total words
- 4
- Average Scrabble score
- 14.3
- out of 19 max
- Everyday words
- 0%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- S
- 100% of words
Most common last letters
- s 100%
Top vowel pairs
- oe100%
- ee25%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring eight-letter word containing HOES
b 3a 1c 3k 5h 4o 1e 1s 1
B 3 + A 1 + C 3 + K 5 + H 4 + O 1 + E 1 + S 1 = 19 points
- Double word
- 38 pts
- Triple word
- 57 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
backhoes
Form of backhoe
- nounan excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth
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How many eight-letter words containing HOES are there?
There are 4 eight-letter words containing HOES in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring eight-letter word containing HOES?
BACKHOES is worth 19 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are GUMSHOES (14), REECHOES (13), TOESHOES (11).