HAUNT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HAUNT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAUNT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAUNT is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAUNT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAUNT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HAUNT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does HAUNT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To visit or appear in a place regularly as a ghost or spirit; more broadly, to trouble or prey on someone's mind persistently, as an unpleasant memory or thought does.
Ghost stories describe spirits that haunt a house or castle, returning again and again to the same rooms or corridors long after death. The word works just as naturally away from ghosts, since a mistake, a regret, or a haunting image from the past can haunt someone's thoughts for years afterward. As a noun, a haunt names a place a person visits often and feels comfortable in, such as a favourite cafe described as an old haunt. Writers use haunt to give ordinary trouble a lingering, almost supernatural weight, suggesting something that refuses to be forgotten.
How HAUNT is used
Common in everyday and literary speech, both literally for ghosts and figuratively for persistent troubling memories.
- Locals believe the abandoned mansion is haunted.
- Guilt continued to haunt him for years afterward.
- The old pub was his favourite haunt after work.
- A ghost was said to haunt the castle's east wing.
- The image of the accident haunted her dreams.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAUNT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HAUNT
The 5 tiles of HAUNT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HAUNT
7 longer words begin with HAUNT.
Words ending in HAUNT
1 words end in HAUNT. Useful as a back hook: play HAUNT onto a word already on the board.
Words with HAUNT inside
10 words contain HAUNT in the middle. Words that start with HAUNT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HAUNT
Common questions about HAUNT
- Is HAUNT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAUNT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAUNT worth?
- HAUNT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAUNT mean?
- To visit or appear in a place regularly as a ghost or spirit; more broadly, to trouble or prey on someone's mind persistently, as an unpleasant memory or thought does.
- What letters can be added to HAUNT?
- HAUNT takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HAUNT:
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