HAUTBOY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HAUTBOY 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.
Which word lists accept HAUTBOY?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAUTBOY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAUTBOY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hautboysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAUTBOY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HAUTBOY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What does HAUTBOY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An old name for the oboe, a slender woodwind with a double reed.
Hautboy is the older spelling of a French word meaning high wood, and it reached English before the modern name took over. You meet it in music of the baroque period and in historical novels. The same word was also given to a kind of strawberry.
How HAUTBOY is used
Hautboy appears in older texts and period scores; modern writers normally say oboe.
- The score called for two violins, a hautboy and a harpsichord.
- A single hautboy led the procession with a thin, nasal tune.
- He learned to play the hautboy at a school that still used the old name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAUTBOY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAUTBOY
1 longer words begin with HAUTBOY.
Shorter words from the letters in HAUTBOY
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Common questions about HAUTBOY
- Is HAUTBOY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAUTBOY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAUTBOY worth?
- HAUTBOY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAUTBOY mean?
- An old name for the oboe, a slender woodwind with a double reed.
- What letters can be added to HAUTBOY?
- HAUTBOY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HAUTBOY:
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