Words Containing HOU

There are over 792 words with the letters HOU in English. From short HOU-words to long ones, find all the words that have HOU in it grouped by length, each valid in Scrabble, Wordle, and Words With Friends. You can also see five letter words with HOU.

4 letter HOU-words icon
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4-Letter Words With HOU

Common 4-letter HOU-words:

hour

chou

houf

hout

thou

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5 letter HOU-words icon
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5-Letter Words With HOU

Common 5-letter HOU-words:

house

chout

choux

ghoul

houff

houfs

hough

hound

houri

hours

houts

khoum

shout

thous

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6 letter HOU-words icon
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6-Letter Words With HOU

Common 6-letter HOU-words:

should

though

houses

housed

cachou

cahoun

chouse

choush

ghouls

houfed

houffs

hounds

housel

houser

houted

khoums

mahout

schout

shoujo

shouty

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7 letter HOU-words icon
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7-Letter Words With HOU

Common 7-letter HOU-words:

without

thought

housing

beshout

dhourra

ghoulie

houdahs

houdans

houfing

housers

housier

mahouts

mechoui

rehouse

schouts

shoujos

shouses

typhous

unshout

warehou

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8 letter HOU-words icon
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8-Letter Words With HOU

Common 8-letter HOU-words:

although

thousand

thoughts

shoulder

aphthous

baghouse

bughouse

choultry

funhouse

houffing

hounding

houseled

houseman

housesit

houtings

leachour

lymphous

nuthouse

shounens

shouting

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9 letter HOU-words icon
171

9-Letter Words With HOU

Common 9-letter HOU-words:

thousands

household

shoulders

arthouses

cathouses

chophouse

horehound

houseboys

houseleek

houseline

housetops

housewrap

houstonia

masthouse

pesthouse

playhouse

roadhouse

thoughted

wellhouse

woodhouse

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10 letter HOU-words icon
171

10-Letter Words With HOU

Common 10-letter HOU-words:

throughout

households

greenhouse

bathhouses

cohousings

gazehounds

grewhounds

greyhounds

grindhouse

hoophouses

houselines

housewares

housewraps

masthouses

pilothouse

raccahouts

rockhounds

unshouting

washhouses

wellhouses

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11 letter HOU-words icon
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11-Letter Words With HOU

Common 11-letter HOU-words:

amorphously

diadelphous

epignathous

guesthouses

housecleans

housefather

housefronts

houseparent

jumhouriyas

powerhouses

roughhouses

silhouettes

smokehouses

stillhouses

syngnathous

tchoukballs

thoughtless

ulotrichous

wheelhouses

whorehouses

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12 letter HOU-words icon
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12-Letter Words With HOU

Common 12-letter HOU-words:

barrelhouses

customhouses

cymotrichous

distichously

housebreaker

householders

housemasters

houseparents

meetinghouse

merrythought

mesognathous

metamorphous

octastichous

octostichous

packinghouse

pleomorphous

rockhounding

schoolhouses

summerhouses

xeromorphous

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13-Letter Words With HOU

Common 13-letter HOU-words:

amphitrichous

chapterhouses

clearinghouse

countinghouse

houghmagandie

housebreaking

housecleaning

housekeepings

houselessness

housemistress

housewarmings

hysteranthous

isodimorphous

lissotrichous

orthostichous

packinghouses

pentadelphous

roughhousings

saurognathous

thousandfolds

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14 letter HOU-words icon
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14-Letter Words With HOU

Common 14-letter HOU-words:

actinomorphous

boardinghouses

clearinghouses

countinghouses

ghoulishnesses

heteromorphous

homoeomorphous

houghmagandies

housebreakings

housecleanings

housewifeliest

housewifeships

housewifeskeps

peritrichously

plectognathous

pseudomorphous

schizognathous

slaughterhouse

theriomorphous

thoughtfulness

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15 letter HOU-words icon
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15-Letter Words With HOU

Common 15-letter HOU-words:

amorphousnesses

enantiomorphous

householdership

houselessnesses

housemistresses

housewifeliness

odontorhynchous

opisthognathous

ornithodelphous

slaughterhouses

thoughtlessness

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792 Common Words with HOU

Most Common Length
9
(171 words)
Avg Scrabble Score
16.5
(out of 32)
Most Common Ending
s
(51%)

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What is the highest scoring word in Scrabble that contains HOU?

32 Points

The highest scoring word in Scrabble that contains HOU is unhouzzled with a total of 32 points.

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N 1
H 4
O 1
U 1
Z 10
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L 1
E 1
D 2

A list of all HOU words with their Scrabble and Words with Friends points. You can also find a list of all words that start with HOU. Also commonly searched for are words that end in HOU. Try our five letter words with HOU page if you’re playing Wordle-like games or use the New York Times Wordle Solver for finding the NYT Wordle daily answer.

FAQ Words With Letters HOU

  • How many words containing HOU are in the English dictionary?

    There are 792 words in the English dictionary that contain HOU, and most of them are 9 letters long (171 words of that length).

  • What's the longest word containing HOU?

    The longest word containing HOU is "ornithodelphous" at 15 letters long. If you're looking for a more everyday word, "throughout" is the longest common word containing HOU.

  • Are there any rare words containing HOU worth more in Scrabble?

    Yes. Uncommon words like "jumhouriya", "boozehound", "gazehound", "jailhouse" contain HOU and can score big thanks to their unusual letters. "jumhouriya" is worth 25 points in Scrabble before any bonus tiles.

  • What are the most common words containing HOU?

    Most words containing HOU are 9 letters long, including everyday words like "thousands", "household", "shoulders", "arthouses", "cathouses".