The word hos is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • hos n. Plural of ho.
  • HOS n. Initialism of hall of shame.
  • HOS n. Initialism of head of state.

8 valid words from 3 definitions

HALL HEAD HO INITIALISM OF PLURAL SHAME STATE

2 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

HO OS

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

OH SO SOH

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

OHS SHO SOH

33 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

BOS COS DOS GOS HAS HES HIS HOA HOB HOC HOD HOE HOG HOH HOI HOM HON HOO HOP HOT HOW HOX HOY IOS KOS LOS MOS NOS OOS POS SOS WOS ZOS

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

HO OS

17 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

HAOS HOAS HOBS HODS HOES HOGS HOHS HOIS HOLS HOMS HONS HOPS HORS HOSS HOTS HOWS HOYS

104 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

HOSE HOSS HOST HOSED HOSEL HOSEN HOSER HOSES HOSEY HOSTA HOSTS HOSELS HOSERS HOSEYS HOSIER HOSING HOSSES HOSTAS HOSTED HOSTEL HOSTIE HOSTLY HOSTRY HOSANNA HOSEMAN HOSEMEN HOSEYED HOSIERS HOSIERY HOSPICE HOSTAGE HOSTELS HOSTESS HOSTIES HOSTILE HOSTING HOSTLER HOSANNAH HOSANNAS HOSELIKE HOSEPIPE HOSEYING HOSPICES HOSPITAL HOSPITIA HOSPODAR HOSTAGES HOSTELED HOSTELER HOSTELRY + 54 words

394 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

CHOSE GHOST THOSE WHOSE WHOSO CHOSEN CHOSES COHOSH COHOST GHOSTS GHOSTY PHOSSY WHOSIS WHOSIT COHOSTS ETHOSES GHOSTED GHOSTLY INKHOSI RECHOSE TYPHOSE WHOSESO WHOSITS ALPHOSIS AMAKHOSI BATHOSES BOOTHOSE COHOSHES COHOSTED FIREHOSE GHOSTIER GHOSTING INKHOSIS KOLKHOSY KYPHOSES KYPHOSIS LITHOSOL MISCHOSE ORTHOSES ORTHOSIS PATHOSES PHOSGENE PHOSPHID PHOSPHIN PHOSPHOR POTHOSES PRECHOSE RECHOSEN SPATHOSE UNCHOSEN + 344 words

71 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

MHOS PHOS RHOS ZHOS BOHOS COHOS DZHOS ECHOS ETHOS MOHOS TOHOS ABMHOS ANCHOS BATHOS LITHOS MACHOS METHOS MYTHOS NACHOS ORTHOS PATHOS PITHOS POSHOS POTHOS TACHOS BENTHOS BROCHOS CHOCHOS CONCHOS GAUCHOS HONCHOS KOLKHOS MORPHOS NYMPHOS PONCHOS PORTHOS PSYCHOS RANCHOS SANCHOS SKYPHOS SORGHOS STICHOS AKIRAHOS BRONCHOS CALATHOS DERECHOS DOLICHOS LEKYTHOS MALICHOS NAVARHOS + 21 words

51 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A HAOS HOAS
+B BOHS BOSH HOBS
+C COSH
+D DOHS DOSH HODS SHOD
+E HOES HOSE SHOE
+G GOSH HOGS SHOG
+H HOHS
+I HOIS
+J JOSH
+L HOLS LOSH
+M HOMS MHOS MOSH OHMS SHMO
+N HONS NOSH
+O OOHS SHOO SOHO
+P HOPS PHOS POHS POSH SHOP SOPH
+R HORS RHOS
+S HOSS SOHS
+T HOST HOTS SHOT SOTH TOSH
+U HUSO
+W HOWS SHOW
+Y HOYS
+Z ZHOS

5 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-H OS SO
-O SH
-S HO OH

Scrabble scoring

  • 6 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 24.3 chance (4.11%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 72.2 chance (1.39%).

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Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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