I was playing against my Palm Pilot Scrabble computer when it opened with WOODS. With the TWS only 3 spaces away, I thought surely I would eventually get RED for REDWOODS or DAG for DAGWOODS. I checked my rack every play to see if I had something for it, but I never did. About halfway through the game my computer opponent finally put down IN?WOODS. I was perplexed, what was the blank? It was a K for INKWOODS. Intrigued, I looked up the three-letter extensions for WOODS. There's a whole bunch more of them than I thought, 14 of them. It makes me wonder if I indeed did have a play and missed it.
Here they are:
NUTWOODS
FATWOODS
REDWOODS
SAPWOODS
INKWOODS
DAGWOODS
BAYWOODS
DYEWOODS
LOGWOODS
GUMWOODS
PLYWOODS
BOGWOODS
DOGWOODS
BOXWOODS*
They all good without the S as well.
*BOXWOOD and WOODBOX are both good.
Too bad you didn't pull "DDEGHIN" which could have given you WOODSHEDDING on the triple word, plus the bingo... not very likely, but hey, Scrabble's always about the one that got away.
Here's a list of all the front-end hooks for WOODS (in the TWL-twelves,) done with no fancy Scrabble computer program, just good old grep. No TIGERWOODS*, but there are ZEBRAWOODS.
BAY, BOG, BOX, DAG, DOG, DYE, FAT, GUM, INK, LOG, NUT, PLY, RED, SAP, AGAL, BACK, BASS, BEAR, BEEF, BENT, BLUE, CORD, CORK, DEAD, FIRE, FUEL, HARD, IRON, KING, LACE, LATE, MILK, PINE, PORK, PULP, ROSE, SASS, SOFT, SOUR, TEAK, WILD, WORM, ARROW, BLACK, BRUSH, CEDAR, DEVIL, DRIFT, EARLY, FRUIT, GREEN, HEART, LANCE, LIGHT, MATCH, ROUND, SATIN, STINK, TORCH, TOUCH, TULIP, UNDER, WHITE, ZEBRA, BRAZIL, BUTTON, CANDLE, COTTON, GREASE, GROUND, ORANGE, PECKER, POISON, SANDAL, SPRING, SUMMER, YELLOW, LEATHER, SHITTIM
And the back-end hooks for WOODS:
WOODSY, WOODSIA, WOODSHED, WOODSIAS, WOODSIER, WOODSMAN, WOODSMEN, WOODSHEDS, WOODSIEST, WOODSTOVE, WOODSTOVES, WOODSHEDDED, WOODSHEDDING
And the infixes:
BACKWOODSY, BACKWOODSMAN, BACKWOODSMEN
The front-end hooks for WOOD without the S are the same as above, with the addition of SOUTHERNWOOD, and I bet you SOUTHERNWOODS would be acceptable... it's just not on the 12's list.
Back-end hooks for WOOD:
WOODED, WOODEN, WOODIE, WOODBIN, WOODBOX, WOODCUT, WOODHEN, WOODIER, WOODIES, WOODING, WOODLOT, WOODMAN, WOODMEN, WOODWAX, WOODBIND, WOODBINE, WOODBINS, WOODCHAT, WOODCOCK, WOODCUTS, WOODENER, WOODENLY, WOODHENS, WOODIEST, WOODLAND, WOODLARK, WOODLESS, WOODLORE, WOODLOTS, WOODNOTE, WOODPILE, WOODRUFF, WOODWIND, WOODWORK, WOODWORM, WOODBINDS, WOODBINES, WOODBLOCK, WOODBOXES, WOODCHATS, WOODCHUCK, WOODCOCKS, WOODCRAFT, WOODENEST, WOODINESS, WOODLANDS, WOODLARKS, WOODLORES, WOODNOTES, WOODPILES, WOODRUFFS, WOODWAXES, WOODWINDS, WOODWORKS, WOODWORMS, WOODBLOCKS, WOODCHUCKS, WOODCRAFTS, WOODCUTTER, WOODENHEAD, WOODENNESS, WOODENWARE, WOODLANDER, WOODPECKER, WOODWORKER, WOODCHOPPER, WOODCUTTERS, WOODCUTTING, WOODENHEADS, WOODENWARES, WOODINESSES, WOODLANDERS, WOODPECKERS, WOODWORKERS, WOODWORKING, WOODCHOPPERS, WOODCUTTINGS, WOODENHEADED, WOODENNESSES, WOODWORKINGS
And finally, infixes for WOOD:
NONWOODY, UNWOODED