HABOOB is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HABOOB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HABOOB?
| 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 HABOOB is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HABOOB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
haboobsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HABOOB scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HABOOB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,365 thousand.
What does HABOOB mean in Scrabble?
noun
A violent wind that lifts a huge wall of dust or sand, especially in desert regions.
A haboob can rise within minutes, often when a thunderstorm collapses and pushes air outward across dry ground, and it may reach hundreds of metres in height before it passes. The word comes from Arabic and is tied above all to Sudan and the edges of the Sahara, although the same kind of storm is reported in Arizona and the Arabian peninsula. Drivers and aircraft are warned to stay clear because visibility drops almost to nothing.
How HABOOB is used
Used in weather reports and travel writing about dry regions.
- A haboob swept across the city and turned the sky brown.
- The haboob arrived with almost no warning.
- Flights were delayed while a haboob moved through the valley.
- We sat out the haboob in a roadside shelter.
- Fine dust from the haboob settled on every windowsill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HABOOB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HABOOB
1 longer words begin with HABOOB.
Shorter words from the letters in HABOOB
Common questions about HABOOB
- Is HABOOB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HABOOB, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HABOOB worth?
- HABOOB is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HABOOB mean?
- A violent wind that lifts a huge wall of dust or sand, especially in desert regions.
- What letters can be added to HABOOB?
- HABOOB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HABOOB:
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