Is HANDS a word?
HANDS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 26 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, HANDS is a valid word.
What does hands mean?
noun: (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child.
“my fate is in your hands”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
HANDS: word details
- Pronunciation: HANDZ (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so HANDS works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of hands
Shorter words inside hands
Words you can make from the letters of hands.
Solve a whole rack, not just HANDS
HANDS is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does HANDS mean?
HANDS is a noun. It means: (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child.
Is HANDS a valid word?
Yes, HANDS is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.