HOTBED is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HOTBED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOTBED?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOTBED is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOTBED
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hotbedsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOTBED scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HOTBED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What does HOTBED mean in Scrabble?
noun
A place where something, usually unwelcome, grows and spreads quickly; also a heated bed for raising young plants.
The gardening meaning came first: a hotbed was a frame of earth warmed from below by decaying manure, used to start seedlings early. Writers later borrowed the picture for any setting that encourages rapid growth, most often of something bad, such as a hotbed of gossip or crime. The figurative sense is now far more common than the literal one.
How HOTBED is used
Usually figurative and followed by of, as in a hotbed of intrigue.
- The old port town was a hotbed of smuggling.
- Gardeners once built a hotbed to start their melons early.
- The campus became a hotbed of debate that spring.
- Rumors flourish in an office that is a hotbed of gossip.
- The seedlings thrived in the warm hotbed under the glass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOTBED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOTBED
1 longer words begin with HOTBED.
Shorter words from the letters in HOTBED
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Common questions about HOTBED
- Is HOTBED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOTBED, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOTBED worth?
- HOTBED is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOTBED mean?
- A place where something, usually unwelcome, grows and spreads quickly; also a heated bed for raising young plants.
- What letters can be added to HOTBED?
- HOTBED takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HOTBED:
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