HEDGEHOP is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. HEDGEHOP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEDGEHOP?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEDGEHOP is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEDGEHOP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hedgehopsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEDGEHOP scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HEDGEHOP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEDGEHOP has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HEDGEHOP mean in Scrabble?
verb
To fly an aircraft very low over the ground, rising to clear obstacles.
To hedgehop comes from the image of an aircraft skipping over hedges and fences. Crop-spraying pilots and military flyers do it on purpose, while it is dangerous for ordinary flights.
How HEDGEHOP is used
Hedgehop is used about aeroplanes and their pilots, mostly in aviation stories.
- The pilot would hedgehop across the farmland to spray the crops.
- Biplanes used to hedgehop at the village fair.
- The old film showed a plane about to hedgehop over a barn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEDGEHOP and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEDGEHOP
6 longer words begin with HEDGEHOP.
Shorter words from the letters in HEDGEHOP
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Common questions about HEDGEHOP
- Is HEDGEHOP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEDGEHOP, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEDGEHOP worth?
- HEDGEHOP is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEDGEHOP mean?
- To fly an aircraft very low over the ground, rising to clear obstacles.
- What letters can be added to HEDGEHOP?
- HEDGEHOP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HEDGEHOP:
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