washhouse

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
17
Letters
9

Definition of washhouse

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry.
    “Now I'll see things walking a road that fifty other men would miss. I'll give you an instance, connected with the robbery of a wash-house copper."”
See all 4 definitions

noun

  1. A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry.
    “Now I'll see things walking a road that fifty other men would miss. I'll give you an instance, connected with the robbery of a wash-house copper."”
  2. A public laundry.
  3. (New-Zealand)A room in a house used for washing laundry; a utility room.
  4. (UK, historical)A public facility where people could wash themselves and their clothes.
    “[…] the washhouses complied with the Factory and Workshops Act of 1907.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Old English wæsċhūs, equivalent to wash + house.

Words you can make from washhouse

129 playable · top: HASHES (12 pts)

Best play hashes 12 points

6-letter words

4 words

5-letter words

17 words

4-letter words

42 words

3-letter words

45 words

2-letter words

20 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to washhouse to make another valid word.

Find your best play with washhouse

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes washhouse, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.