HEART is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HEART is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEART?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEART is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEART
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEART scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HEART, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What stands out about HEART
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HEART mean in Scrabble?
noun
The muscular organ that pumps blood through the circulatory system, located in the chest of humans and other vertebrates; also used figuratively for the centre of emotion, courage, or of something more broadly.
Physically, the heart contracts rhythmically to push oxygen-rich blood out to the body and receive returning blood from the lungs, a cycle that continues without pause throughout a person's life. Long before modern medicine explained this mechanism, cultures across the world already treated the heart as the seat of feeling, so that love, courage, and sorrow are still described as matters of the heart. The word also names the central or most important part of something else entirely, as in the heart of the city or the heart of the problem. In card games, hearts additionally names one of the four suits, marked by a red heart-shaped symbol.
How HEART is used
An extremely common word used both literally for the organ and figuratively for emotion, courage, and central importance.
- The doctor listened carefully to her heart.
- His heart raced as he waited for the results.
- The old cathedral stands at the heart of the city.
- She had the heart to admit her mistake.
- He dealt out the hearts before the other suits.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEART and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HEART
The 5 tiles of HEART in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with HEART
Showing 24 of 86 words that begin with HEART.
Words ending in HEART
6 words end in HEART. Useful as a back hook: play HEART onto a word already on the board.
Words with HEART inside
Showing 24 of 84 words that contain HEART somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HEART are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HEART
Showing 40 of 52. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about HEART
- Is HEART valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEART, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEART worth?
- HEART is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEART mean?
- The muscular organ that pumps blood through the circulatory system, located in the chest of humans and other vertebrates; also used figuratively for the centre of emotion, courage, or of something more broadly.
- What letters can be added to HEART?
- HEART takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HEART:
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