How many words with HOLE are there?

This page lists 154 words with HOLE from our dictionary, each shown with its Scrabble score.

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Words With HOLE

All 154 words in our dictionary that contain HOLE — sorted by Scrabble score.

154 words · number = Scrabble score · sorted highest score first

cholecystectomy32 cholecystokinin29 cholecalciferol27 wholeheartedly27 cholecystitides26 nympholepsy26 nympholeptic26 cholecystitises25 cholestyramines25 nympholepsies25 cholestyramine24 chuckholes24 unwholesomely24 cholecystites23 cholecystitis23 chuckhole23 nympholepts23 wholesomenesses23 cholelithiases22 cholelithiasis22 cholerically22 cubbyholes22 nympholept22 wholehearted22 wholesomely22 cubbyhole21 foxholes21 wholesomeness21 anticholesterol20 foxhole20 thumbholes20 grapholects19 hawseholes19 thumbhole19 unwholesome19 cholestatic18 cholesteric18 grapholect18 gunkholed18 hawsehole18 keyholes18 pigeonholed18 pigeonholers18 touchholes18 wholesaling18 blowholes17 buttonholed17 buttonholers17 cholesterols17 gunkholes17 keyhole17 pigeonholer17 pigeonholes17 touchhole17 wholenesses17 wholesaled17 wholesalers17 wholesome17 wormholes17 blowhole16 buttonholer16 buttonholes16 cholestases16 cholestasis16 cholesterol16 feedholes16 gunkhole16 kneeholes16 knotholes16 peepholes16 pigeonhole16 sinkholes16 wholesaler16 wholesales16 wormhole16 bungholes15 buttonhole15 choleric15 feedhole15 hellholes15 kneehole15 knothole15 loopholed15 peephole15 sinkhole15 tholeiitic15 wellholes15 wholeness15 wholesale15 boltholes14 boreholes14 bunghole14 coalholes14 eyeholes14 hellhole14 loopholes14 mudholes14 pestholes14 portholes14 postholes14 potholed14 tholepins14 wellhole14 armholes13 bolthole13 borehole13 cholents13 choleras13 coalhole13 echoless13 eyehole13 loophole13 manholes13 mudhole13 pesthole13 pinholes13 porthole13 posthole13 potholes13 tapholes13 tholeiites13 tholepin13 anetholes12 armhole12 cholent12 cholera12 cholers12 manhole12 pinhole12 pothole12 taphole12 tholeiite12 wholes12 airholes11 anethole11 assholes11 choler11 holeless11 holey11 oilholes11 ratholes11 whole11 airhole10 asshole10 dholes10 oilhole10 rathole10 tholed10 dhole9 holed9 tholes9 holes8 thole8 hole7

Why HOLE words matter

Words containing HOLE are handy for Scrabble, Words with Friends and word puzzles — filter the list above by length to find the play you need.

What the numbers say

The shape of this list: 154 entries between 4 and 15 letters long, peaking at 8 letters with 39 words. Five-letter picks number 6 and seven-letter picks 16. Nothing here outscores CHOLECYSTECTOMY — 32 points from 15 tiles on plain squares.

Chasing points? The best five entries here are CHOLECYSTECTOMY (32), CHOLECYSTOKININ (29), CHOLECALCIFEROL (27), WHOLEHEARTEDLY (27), CHOLECYSTITIDES (26). At 15 letters, ANTICHOLESTEROL is the longest word on the list; a typical entry scores around 16. The most useful tiles to hold for this list are L, O and E, which appear in 154, 154 and 154 of the words respectively.

Three words worth learning first

THOLES — a 6-letter, 9-point play that slots into tight board lanes where longer words won't fit.
HOLES — 5 letters for 8 points; every tile in it is a common draw, so it shows up rack after rack.
THOLE is easy to keep in memory: 5 letters, 8 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.

Five more everyday options from the same list: DHOLES (10), THOLED (10), HOLE (7), DHOLE (9), HOLED (9).

HOLE as a vocabulary shortcut

If you are studying English, HOLE is a high-leverage chunk: instead of memorising each word cold, anchor the HOLE pattern and let the surrounding letters vary. Word-game players get a parallel benefit — when a crossword grid or a Wordle guess reveals the HOLE sequence, this page is the complete candidate pool, already sorted by Scrabble value.

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