AHOY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. AHOY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AHOY?
| 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 AHOY is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AHOY
No single letter turns AHOY into another word.
How AHOY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AHOY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does AHOY mean in Scrabble?
interjection
nautical
A call used to hail a ship or attract attention.
Ahoy was proposed as the standard telephone greeting before hello won the argument, and Bell himself preferred it. It survives at sea and in imitation of the sea, and nowhere in ordinary speech.
How AHOY is used
Stands alone, often before a noun: ship ahoy.
- Ahoy was nearly the standard way to answer a telephone.
- The word ahoy survives at sea and in imitation of it.
- Ship ahoy is a call and not a greeting.
- Bell preferred ahoy and lost the argument.
- Nobody says ahoy on land without irony.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AHOY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AHOY
The 4 tiles of AHOY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in AHOY
1 words end in AHOY. Useful as a back hook: play AHOY onto a word already on the board.
Words with AHOY inside
1 words contain AHOY in the middle. Words that start with AHOY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AHOY
Common questions about AHOY
- Is AHOY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AHOY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AHOY worth?
- AHOY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AHOY mean?
- A call used to hail a ship or attract attention.
- What letters can be added to AHOY?
- No single letter can be added to AHOY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AHOY:
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