Is HI valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts HI, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is HI worth?

HI is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to HI?

HI takes 14 hooks: 6 in front and 8 at the end.

HI is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points

Yes. HI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.

h4i1

PlayableHI · 2 letters · 5 pts Scrabble · 4 pts WWF

5points in Scrabble

4points in Words with Friends

2letters

14hooks available

1 in 275odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept HI?

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: 61 / 100

61WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.5

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

5.5%

Our own measure of how useful HI is to know. It scores 5 from 2 tiles, takes 14 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for HI

Front hooks — 6

ahi6 chi8 ghi7 khi10 phi8 shi6

Back hooks — 8

hic8 hid7 hie6 him8 hin6 hip8 his6 hit6

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How HI scores

Scrabble h4i1 5

Words with Friends h3i1 4

Face value of the 2 tiles in HI, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
h	1	2
i	1	9

Drawing exactly these 2 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 275.

What stands out about HI

HI is one of just 133 words of 2 letters in the four lists we check — a short list worth knowing by heart.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

What does HI mean in Scrabble?

interjection

A friendly greeting.

How HI is used

Hi, I did not expect to see you here.
She said hi to everyone on the way in.

Written for this site: 1 meaning of HI and 2 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Words starting with HI

hic8 hid7 hie6 him8 hin6 hip8 his6 hit6 hiba9 hick13 hide8 hied8 hies7 high11 hike11 hila7 hild8 hili7 hill7 hilt7 hims9 hind8 hing8 hins7

Showing 24 of 895 words that begin with HI.

Words ending in HI

ahi6 chi8 ghi7 khi10 phi8 shi6 dahi8 elhi7 mihi9 archi10 bodhi11 dashi9 deshi9 elchi10 imshi10 lathi8 lichi10 machi12 methi10 mochi12 mythi13 nashi8 rakhi12 rishi8

Showing 24 of 118 words that end in HI. Useful as a back hook: play HI onto a word already on the board.

Words with HI inside

ahis7 chia9 chib11 chic11 chid10 chik13 chin9 chip11 chis9 chit9 chiv12 chiz18 ghis8 khis11 ohia7 phis9 phiz18 shim9 shin7 ship9 shir7 shit7 shiv10 thig8

Showing 24 of 9685 words that contain HI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.

Common questions about HI

Is HI valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts HI, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is HI worth?: HI is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
What does HI mean?: A friendly greeting.
What letters can be added to HI?: HI takes 14 hooks: 6 in front and 8 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 2 letters of HI:

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