HANTLE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HANTLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HANTLE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HANTLE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HANTLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hantlesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HANTLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HANTLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about HANTLE
- The same 6 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 HANTLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A good deal or a large number or amount of something.
Hantle is a Scots and northern English word that stands where a speaker elsewhere might say a lot or a great many. It has no neat single-word equivalent, which is why it is still used in dialect writing. It is almost always heard in the phrase a hantle of, followed by the thing being counted.
How HANTLE is used
Scots and northern dialect; used in speech and in regional writing.
- There was a hantle of folk at the market.
- He had a hantle of work waiting at home.
- It took a hantle of patience to finish the tapestry.
- A hantle of rain fell overnight.
- She told a hantle of stories before bed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HANTLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HANTLE
The 6 tiles of HANTLE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with HANTLE
1 longer words begin with HANTLE.
Shorter words from the letters in HANTLE
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Common questions about HANTLE
- Is HANTLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HANTLE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HANTLE worth?
- HANTLE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HANTLE mean?
- A good deal or a large number or amount of something.
- What letters can be added to HANTLE?
- HANTLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HANTLE:
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