Words Containing ATHOU

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing ATHOU?

SCHIZOGNATHOUS is worth 32 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are HYPOGNATHOUS (24), OPISTHOGNATHOUS (24), PLECTOGNATHOUS (22).

Q: What is the longest word containing ATHOU?

OPISTHOGNATHOUS has 15 letters.

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All Words Containing ATHOU 19 words

How often does ATHOU appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 19 words containing ATHOU. Most are 9 letters long, they average 17.7 points, the best is SCHIZOGNATHOUS (32 points) and 84.2% end in S.

Total words: 19
Most common length: 9 letters; 4 words
Average Scrabble score: 17.7; out of 32 max
Longest word: OPISTHOGNATHOUS; 15 letters
Most common ending: S; 84.2% of words

Most common last letters

s 84.2%
e 15.8%

Top vowel pairs

ou100%
oa10.5%
au5.3%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing ATHOU

s ₁c ₃h ₄i ₁z ₁₀o ₁g ₂n ₁a ₁t ₁h ₄o ₁u ₁s ₁

S 1 + C 3 + H 4 + I 1 + Z 10 + O 1 + G 2 + N 1 + A 1 + T 1 + H 4 + O 1 + U 1 + S 1 = 32 points

Double word: 64 pts
Triple word: 96 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

schizognathous

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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