HIPPO is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HIPPO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIPPO?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIPPO is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIPPO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HIPPO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HIPPO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does HIPPO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A large, thick-skinned African mammal that spends much of its time in rivers and lakes; a shortened, informal name for hippopotamus.
A hippo spends most of the day submerged in water to keep its huge body cool, emerging at night to graze on grass along the riverbank. Despite its bulky, slow appearance, a hippo can move surprisingly fast on land and is considered one of the more dangerous large animals in Africa. The word hippo is simply a shortened, everyday version of hippopotamus, used constantly in casual speech and children books and zoo signage.
How HIPPO is used
Common informal shortening of hippopotamus, used in everyday speech and children's writing.
- The hippo submerged itself in the muddy river.
- Children crowded around the zoo's hippo enclosure.
- A hippo can be more dangerous than a lion.
- The documentary followed a young hippo and its mother.
- Visitors watched the hippo yawn its enormous jaws.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIPPO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HIPPO
Showing 24 of 41 words that begin with HIPPO.
Words ending in HIPPO
1 words end in HIPPO. Useful as a back hook: play HIPPO onto a word already on the board.
Words with HIPPO inside
7 words contain HIPPO in the middle. Words that start with HIPPO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HIPPO
Common questions about HIPPO
- Is HIPPO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIPPO, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIPPO worth?
- HIPPO is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIPPO mean?
- A large, thick-skinned African mammal that spends much of its time in rivers and lakes; a shortened, informal name for hippopotamus.
- What letters can be added to HIPPO?
- HIPPO takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HIPPO:
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