HAKE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HAKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAKE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAKE is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAKE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HAKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does HAKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long-bodied sea fish related to cod.
Hake was despised in Britain and exported to Spain for a century, where it has always been prized. Tastes have shifted since, and the fish now sells at home for more than it used to fetch abroad.
How HAKE is used
Countable; the plural is hake or hakes.
- A hake is worth more in Spain than it ever was here.
- The word hake may come from a word for a hook.
- Britain exported hake for a century and ate none.
- Two hake on the same slab at very different prices.
- A hake spoils faster than a cod.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAKE
5 longer words begin with HAKE.
Words ending in HAKE
7 words end in HAKE. Useful as a back hook: play HAKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with HAKE inside
Showing 24 of 29 words that contain HAKE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HAKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HAKE
Common questions about HAKE
- Is HAKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAKE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAKE worth?
- HAKE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAKE mean?
- A long-bodied sea fish related to cod.
- What letters can be added to HAKE?
- HAKE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HAKE:
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