HAWKEY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HAWKEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAWKEY?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAWKEY is to know. It scores 19 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAWKEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hawkeysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAWKEY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HAWKEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What does HAWKEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
In old English country usage, the harvest-home feast held when the last crop was gathered.
The hawkey was a rural celebration, with food and drink for the farm workers once the harvest was in. The word survives mostly in folklore and dialect studies. It is now seldom heard in ordinary speech.
How HAWKEY is used
Appears in dialect and folklore writing about harvest customs.
- The farmer held the hawkey in the big barn.
- Songs and cider marked the hawkey each autumn.
- Old villagers still remembered the hawkey of their youth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAWKEY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAWKEY
2 longer words begin with HAWKEY.
Shorter words from the letters in HAWKEY
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Common questions about HAWKEY
- Is HAWKEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAWKEY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAWKEY worth?
- HAWKEY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAWKEY mean?
- In old English country usage, the harvest-home feast held when the last crop was gathered.
- What letters can be added to HAWKEY?
- HAWKEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HAWKEY:
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