HECK is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HECK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HECK?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HECK is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HECK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HECK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HECK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 81,692.
What does HECK mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
A mild expression of annoyance or surprise.
Heck is a softened form of a stronger word, in the same family as gosh and darn. Words like it appear whenever a taboo is strong enough to need avoiding and weak enough to joke about.
How HECK is used
Stands alone, or in what the heck.
- What the heck happened to the second box?
- The word heck is a softened form of a stronger one.
- Heck of a way to find out, he said.
- Gosh and heck belong to the same family.
- A heck in writing dates the speaker roughly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HECK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HECK
11 longer words begin with HECK.
Words ending in HECK
19 words end in HECK. Useful as a back hook: play HECK onto a word already on the board.
Words with HECK inside
Showing 24 of 110 words that contain HECK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HECK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HECK
Common questions about HECK
- Is HECK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HECK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HECK worth?
- HECK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HECK mean?
- A mild expression of annoyance or surprise.
- What letters can be added to HECK?
- HECK takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HECK:
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