HELLUVA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HELLUVA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HELLUVA?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HELLUVA is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HELLUVA
No single letter turns HELLUVA into another word.
How HELLUVA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HELLUVA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does HELLUVA mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
A spelling of "hell of a", used to stress that something is extreme, whether good or bad.
The spelling helluva captures the way the phrase is slurred in rapid speech, and it appears mostly in dialogue and casual messages. It can praise ("a helluva player") or complain ("a helluva mess") depending on the tone around it.
How HELLUVA is used
Write helluva in informal speech or fiction dialogue, not in formal prose.
- That was a helluva game last night.
- He has a helluva lot of nerve showing up here.
- We had a helluva time getting the truck out of the mud.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HELLUVA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HELLUVA
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Common questions about HELLUVA
- Is HELLUVA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HELLUVA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HELLUVA worth?
- HELLUVA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HELLUVA mean?
- A spelling of "hell of a", used to stress that something is extreme, whether good or bad.
- What letters can be added to HELLUVA?
- No single letter can be added to HELLUVA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HELLUVA:
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