w 4 o 1 r 1 k 5 h 4 o 1 u 1 s 1 e 1
9 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
noun a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
originFrom Middle English werkhous, from Old English weorchūs (“workshop, place of manufacture”), from Proto-Germanic *werkahūsą, equivalent to work + house.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
Words from these letters
- howks 15
- hookers 14
- howk 14
- hooker 13
- husker 13
- kosher 13
- reshow 12
- shower 12
- hokes 12
- hooks 12
- horks 12
- khors 12