Is HIRED valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIRED, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is HIRED worth?

HIRED is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to HIRED?

HIRED takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

HIRED is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points

Yes. HIRED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.

h4i1r1e1d2

PlayableHIRED · 5 letters · 9 pts Scrabble · 8 pts WWF

9points in Scrabble

8points in Words with Friends

5letters

1hook available

1 in 14,523odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept HIRED?

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: 35 / 100

35WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.8

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

6.6%

Our own measure of how useful HIRED is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for HIRED

Front hooks — 1

shired10

Back hooks — 0

None.

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How HIRED scores

Scrabble h4i1r1e1d2 9

Words with Friends h3i1r1e1d2 8

Face value of the 5 tiles in HIRED, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
h	1	2
i	1	9
r	1	6
e	1	12
d	1	4

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.

Anagrams of HIRED

hider9

The 5 tiles of HIRED in a different order — 1 found.

Words ending in HIRED

shired10 rehired11 unhired11 outhired12 sapphired17

5 words end in HIRED. Useful as a back hook: play HIRED onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in HIRED

heid8 herd8 hide8 hied8 heir7 hire7 dire5 ired5 ride5 edh7 hed7 hid7 her6 hie6 reh6 dei4 der4 die4 ide4 red4 rid4 ire3 rei3 eh5 he5 hi5 de3 di3 ed3 id3 er2 re2

Common questions about HIRED

Is HIRED valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIRED, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is HIRED worth?: HIRED is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to HIRED?: HIRED takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HIRED:

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