Holes
/həʊlz/
Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:8 pts5 letters
Definition of Holes
noun
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.
"There’s a hole in my shoe. Her stocking has a hole in it."
- (heading) In games.
- An excavation pit or trench.
- A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
"I have found a hole in your argument."
- A container or receptacle.
"car hole; brain hole"
verb
- To make holes in (an object or surface).
"Shrapnel holed the ship's hull."
- (by extension) To destroy.
"She completely holed the argument."
- To go into a hole.
- To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
"Woods holed a standard three foot putt"
- To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
"to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars"
Anagrams of Holes
Related Word Patterns
Letter Values
h4
o1
l1
e1
s1
Total: 8 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Holes
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Holes"
Holes is a 5-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "holes" can be rearranged to form 3 other valid words.
Using "Holes" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "holes" is a low-scoring word.