HIE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. HIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIE?
| 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 HIE is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HIE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What does HIE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To go quickly; to hurry.
Hie is archaic and reflexive: you hie yourself somewhere rather than simply hie. It survives in verse and in deliberate imitation of verse, and the reflexive construction is the giveaway that a writer is reaching for an older register on purpose.
How HIE is used
Usually reflexive: hie thee hence. Archaic.
- Hie thee to the market before it shuts.
- They hied themselves off without a word to anybody.
- The word hie needs a reflexive to sound right.
- He hied away and was back within the hour.
- A writer who uses hie is quoting a century, not a person.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HIE
Showing 24 of 95 words that begin with HIE.
Words ending in HIE
Showing 24 of 57 words that end in HIE. Useful as a back hook: play HIE onto a word already on the board.
Words with HIE inside
Showing 24 of 937 words that contain HIE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HIE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HIE
Common questions about HIE
- Is HIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIE worth?
- HIE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIE mean?
- To go quickly; to hurry.
- What letters can be added to HIE?
- HIE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HIE:
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