HALO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. HALO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HALO?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HALO is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HALO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HALO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HALO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does HALO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A ring of light shown around the head of a holy or sacred figure in art.
A halo appears in religious paintings and sculptures to set saints, angels, or divine beings apart from ordinary people. A comparable glow can also form naturally around the sun or moon when sunlight passes through high ice crystals in the atmosphere.
How HALO is used
Also used figuratively to suggest an aura of virtue or innocence.
- The painter added a golden halo above the saints head.
- A faint halo circled the moon that clear winter night.
- In the mural, angels are shown with glowing halos.
- Ice crystals in the clouds created a halo around the sun.
- The stained glass window depicted a haloed figure.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HALO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HALO
Showing 24 of 52 words that begin with HALO.
Words ending in HALO
1 words end in HALO. Useful as a back hook: play HALO onto a word already on the board.
Words with HALO inside
Showing 24 of 124 words that contain HALO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HALO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HALO
Common questions about HALO
- Is HALO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HALO, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HALO worth?
- HALO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HALO mean?
- A ring of light shown around the head of a holy or sacred figure in art.
- What letters can be added to HALO?
- HALO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HALO:
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