HAWK is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HAWK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAWK?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAWK is to know. It scores 14 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAWK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAWK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HAWK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What does HAWK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A bird of prey with broad wings and a long tail.
Hawk as a verb meaning to sell in the street is a separate word, from a Dutch term for a pedlar. A third hawk is a small board for holding plaster, and none of the three has anything to do with the others.
How HAWK is used
Countable. Also a verb in two unrelated senses.
- A hawk hunts from cover and a falcon hunts from height.
- They hawked the same goods on four corners.
- A plasterer's hawk holds the mix and not a bird.
- The word hawk covers three unrelated things.
- Two hawks over the same field is a territorial dispute.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAWK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAWK
Showing 24 of 35 words that begin with HAWK.
Words ending in HAWK
13 words end in HAWK. Useful as a back hook: play HAWK onto a word already on the board.
Words with HAWK inside
19 words contain HAWK in the middle. Words that start with HAWK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HAWK
Common questions about HAWK
- Is HAWK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAWK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAWK worth?
- HAWK is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAWK mean?
- A bird of prey with broad wings and a long tail.
- What letters can be added to HAWK?
- HAWK takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HAWK:
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