What HOLDS Means
HOLDS is a form of HOLD, which means:
- verb: cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity“hold in place”
- verb: have or hold in one's hands or grip“Hold this bowl for a moment, please”
- noun: the act of grasping“he released his clasp on my arm”
- noun: understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something“he has a good grasp of accounting practices”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HOLDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 L1 D2 S1.
Anagrams of HOLDS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In HOLDS
34 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.
4 letter words (12)
3 letter words (14)
2 letter words (8)
Longer Words Containing HOLDS
HOLDS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.