HAWALA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HAWALA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAWALA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAWALA is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAWALA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hawalasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAWALA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HAWALA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 886,944.
What does HAWALA mean in Scrabble?
noun
An informal system for sending money across distances through a network of trusted agents, without moving the cash itself.
In a hawala, a person hands money to an agent in one country, and a partner agent in another country pays the same sum to the receiver, often within a day. The whole arrangement runs on trust between the agents, and the accounts between them are settled later. It has long been used in the Middle East and South Asia, especially by families sending earnings home, and it leaves far fewer records than a bank transfer.
How HAWALA is used
Used in finance and news reporting about money transfers.
- Many workers abroad send their wages home through a hawala.
- The hawala agent knew every family in the village by name.
- A hawala works only as long as the agents keep their word.
- She used a hawala because the bank was far away.
- Officials studied how the hawala moves money between countries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAWALA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAWALA
1 longer words begin with HAWALA.
Shorter words from the letters in HAWALA
Common questions about HAWALA
- Is HAWALA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAWALA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAWALA worth?
- HAWALA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAWALA mean?
- An informal system for sending money across distances through a network of trusted agents, without moving the cash itself.
- What letters can be added to HAWALA?
- HAWALA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HAWALA:
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