HIP is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HIP 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 HIP?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIP is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HIP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HIP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does HIP mean in Scrabble?
noun
The joint between the leg and the trunk of the body.
Hip names the joint, the bone and the flesh over it, and no ordinary sentence needs to tell them apart. Two unrelated words share the spelling: the fruit of a rose, and the adjective meaning fashionable that replaced an older form.
How HIP is used
Countable: a hip, two hips. Also an adjective meaning fashionable.
- He had a hip replaced and walked better than before.
- A rose hip stays on the bush all winter.
- The bar was hip for about eighteen months.
- She carried the child on one hip and the bag on the other.
- Two hips and a knee, all in the same year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HIP
The 3 tiles of HIP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HIP
Showing 24 of 101 words that begin with HIP.
Words ending in HIP
Showing 24 of 466 words that end in HIP. Useful as a back hook: play HIP onto a word already on the board.
Words with HIP inside
Showing 24 of 736 words that contain HIP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HIP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HIP
Common questions about HIP
- Is HIP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIP, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIP worth?
- HIP is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIP mean?
- The joint between the leg and the trunk of the body.
- What letters can be added to HIP?
- HIP takes 5 hooks: 3 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HIP:
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