HAME is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HAME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAME?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAME is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAME
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAME scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HAME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about HAME
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HAME mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
One of two curved bars on a horse's collar.
The hames take the pull of the traces and spread it across the collar, so a horse pulls with its shoulders rather than its throat. The pair is almost always spoken of together.
How HAME is used
Countable, usually plural: hames.
- A hame on each side of the collar takes the strain.
- The word hame is nearly always used in the plural.
- Two hames and the traces between them.
- Without hames the horse would pull with its throat.
- The hames are buckled top and bottom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HAME
The 4 tiles of HAME in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with HAME
5 longer words begin with HAME.
Words ending in HAME
6 words end in HAME. Useful as a back hook: play HAME onto a word already on the board.
Words with HAME inside
Showing 24 of 55 words that contain HAME somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HAME are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HAME
Common questions about HAME
- Is HAME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAME, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAME worth?
- HAME is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAME mean?
- One of two curved bars on a horse's collar.
- What letters can be added to HAME?
- HAME takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HAME:
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