HOMESTEADS

10 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What HOMESTEADS Means

HOMESTEADS is a form of HOMESTEAD, which means:

noun: the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
noun: land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
verb: settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HOMESTEADS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 M3 E1 S1 T1 E1 A1 D2 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In HOMESTEADS

615 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

9 letter words (3)

HEMATOSES HOMESTEAD STEMHEADS

8 letter words (5)

EMDASHES HEADMOST HEADSETS MATHESES STEMHEAD

7 letter words (21)

DEASHES DEMASTS DEMOSES DEMOTES ETHOSES HEADSET HEASTES HOASTED MEATHES MESETAS MESTESO METHODS OEDEMAS OSMATES SEAMSET SEDATES SMASHED SMEATHS SMEETHS STASHED STEAMED

6 letter words (90)

5 letter words (165)

4 letter words (198)

3 letter words (99)

ADO ADS AHS AME ASH ATE ATS DAE DAH DAM DAS DEE DOE DOH DOM DOS DOT DSO EAS EAT EDH EDS EHS EME EMO EMS ESS EST ETA ETH HAD HAE HAM HAO HAS HAT HEM HES HET HOA HOD HOE HOM HOS HOT MAD MAE MAS MAT MED MEE MEH MES MET MHO MOA MOD MOE MOS MOT OAT ODA ODE ODS OES OHM OHS OMS OSE SAD SAE SAM SAT SEA SED SEE SET SHA SHE SMA SOD SOH SOM SOS SOT TAD TAE TAM TAO TAS TEA TED TEE TES THE THO TOD TOE TOM

2 letter words (34)

AD AE AH AM AS AT DA DE DO EA ED EE EH EM ES ET HA HE HM HO MA ME MO OD OE OH OM OS SH SO ST TA TE TO

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