HIM is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HIM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIM?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIM is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HIM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HIM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does HIM mean in Scrabble?
pronoun
The form of he used as an object.
Him has survived where nearly every other object form has gone: English lost its case endings almost everywhere except in the pronouns, and even there they are under pressure. The construction it is him rather than it is he shows which way that argument has been going.
How HIM is used
Object of a verb or of a preposition.
- Give it to him before he asks again.
- It was him at the door and not the postman.
- She told him twice and he forgot both times.
- Between him and me there was never any argument.
- Him and he divide by grammar and not by meaning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HIM
7 longer words begin with HIM.
Words ending in HIM
14 words end in HIM. Useful as a back hook: play HIM onto a word already on the board.
Words with HIM inside
Showing 24 of 185 words that contain HIM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HIM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HIM
Common questions about HIM
- Is HIM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIM, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIM worth?
- HIM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIM mean?
- The form of he used as an object.
- What letters can be added to HIM?
- HIM takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HIM:
Open HIM in the Word Finder