HERTZ is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HERTZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HERTZ?
| 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 HERTZ is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HERTZ
No single letter turns HERTZ into another word.
How HERTZ scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HERTZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does HERTZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The standard unit of frequency, equal to one cycle per second, used to measure sound, radio waves, electrical current and computer processing speed.
A single hertz means one complete wave or cycle every second, so a sound wave vibrating four hundred forty times per second is measured at four hundred forty hertz, and computer clock speeds are given in millions or billions of hertz. The unit is abbreviated Hz and is used across physics and engineering.
How HERTZ is used
Standard technical unit, common in science, electronics and audio contexts.
- The tuning fork vibrated at exactly four hundred forty hertz.
- The processor runs at several billion hertz.
- Human hearing covers a range of roughly twenty to twenty thousand hertz.
- The radio station broadcasts on a frequency measured in hertz.
- Engineers measured the vibration in hertz to find the fault.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HERTZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HERTZ
1 longer words begin with HERTZ.
Words ending in HERTZ
6 words end in HERTZ. Useful as a back hook: play HERTZ onto a word already on the board.
Words with HERTZ inside
6 words contain HERTZ in the middle. Words that start with HERTZ are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HERTZ
Common questions about HERTZ
- Is HERTZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HERTZ, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HERTZ worth?
- HERTZ is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HERTZ mean?
- The standard unit of frequency, equal to one cycle per second, used to measure sound, radio waves, electrical current and computer processing speed.
- What letters can be added to HERTZ?
- No single letter can be added to HERTZ to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HERTZ:
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