Is HALVAH valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts HALVAH, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is HALVAH worth?

HALVAH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to HALVAH?

HALVAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

HALVAH is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points

Yes. HALVAH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.

h4a1l1v4a1h4

PlayableHALVAH · 6 letters · 15 pts Scrabble · 15 pts WWF

15points in Scrabble

15points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 4,139 thousandodds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept HALVAH?

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: 37 / 100

37WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.5

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.67%

Our own measure of how useful HALVAH is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for HALVAH

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

halvahs16

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How HALVAH scores

Scrabble h4a1l1v4a1h4 15

Words with Friends h3a1l2v5a1h3 15

Face value of the 6 tiles in HALVAH, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
h	2	2
a	2	9
l	1	4
v	1	2

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,139 thousand.

What stands out about HALVAH

HALVAH begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with HALVAH

halvahs16

1 longer words begin with HALVAH.

Shorter words from the letters in HALVAH

halva11 haha10 aval7 lava7 hah9 aah6 aha6 ava6 lah6 lav6 aal3 ala3 ah5 ha5 aa2 al2 la2

Common questions about HALVAH

Is HALVAH valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts HALVAH, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is HALVAH worth?: HALVAH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to HALVAH?: HALVAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HALVAH:

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