HACIENDA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HACIENDA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HACIENDA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HACIENDA is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HACIENDA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
haciendasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HACIENDA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HACIENDA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HACIENDA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HACIENDA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large estate or ranch in a Spanish-speaking country, or its main house.
A hacienda could be devoted to cattle, crops or mining, and often had a grand house at its centre. The word travelled into English through stories of Mexico and the American Southwest.
How HACIENDA is used
Used for Spanish-style estates and houses; a hacienda is both the land and the dwelling.
- The family lived on a hacienda in the hills.
- A white hacienda with a red tile roof stood by the road.
- Workers on the hacienda rose before dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HACIENDA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HACIENDA
3 longer words begin with HACIENDA.
Shorter words from the letters in HACIENDA
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Common questions about HACIENDA
- Is HACIENDA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HACIENDA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HACIENDA worth?
- HACIENDA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HACIENDA mean?
- A large estate or ranch in a Spanish-speaking country, or its main house.
- What letters can be added to HACIENDA?
- HACIENDA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HACIENDA:
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