HIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIKE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIKE is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HIKE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does HIKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long walk taken for pleasure.
Hike turned up in the nineteenth century with no known ancestor and spread quickly. The sense about a sudden increase in prices is American and twentieth-century.
How HIKE is used
Countable. Also a verb: hiked, hikes.
- A hike of nine miles and one wrong turning.
- The word hike has no known ancestor.
- They hiked the price twice in one quarter.
- A price hike is American and much later than the walk.
- Two hikes in the same weekend is ambitious.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HIKE
4 longer words begin with HIKE.
Words ending in HIKE
1 words end in HIKE. Useful as a back hook: play HIKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with HIKE inside
4 words contain HIKE in the middle. Words that start with HIKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HIKE
Common questions about HIKE
- Is HIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIKE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIKE worth?
- HIKE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIKE mean?
- A long walk taken for pleasure.
- What letters can be added to HIKE?
- HIKE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HIKE:
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