What HOWDIES Means
HOWDIES is a form of HOWDY, which means:
- noun: an expression of greeting“every morning they exchanged polite hellos”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HOWDIES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 W4 D2 I1 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In HOWDIES
139 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.
6 letter words (4)
5 letter words (22)
DESHIDHOWSDOSEHDOWIEDOWSEEIDOSHEIDSHIDESHOISEHOSEDHOWESSHIEDSHOEDSHOWDSIDHESOWEDWEIDSWHIDSWHIOSWHOSEWIDESWISED
4 letter words (44)
DESIDEWSDHOWDIESDISHDOESDOHSDOSEDOSHDOWSEDHSEISHHEIDHEWSHIDEHIEDHIESHODSHOEDHOESHOSEHOWEHOWSIDESODESOHEDOWEDOWESOWSESHEDSHEWSHODSHOESHOWSIDESIDHWEDSWEIDWHIDWHIOWIDEWISEWISHWOES
3 letter words (46)
DEIDEWDIEDISDOEDOHDOSDOWDSOEDHEDSEHSHESHEWHIDHIEHISHODHOEHOIHOSHOWIDEIDSIOSISHISOODEODSOESOHSOISOSEOWESEDSEISEWSHESODSOHSOWWEDWHOWISWOEWOS
2 letter words (23)
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