HIT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. HIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIT?
| 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 HIT is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HIT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does HIT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To strike something with force.
Hit is one of very few English verbs whose three principal parts are identical. That happens to verbs ending in a t or a d sound, and it is why nobody has ever had to learn a past form for this one — there is nothing to learn.
How HIT is used
Transitive and intransitive. The past is hit.
- He hit the post twice in one half.
- The news hit her harder than anybody expected.
- They hit the road at four in the morning.
- A hit record pays for the four that failed.
- The verb hit does not change for the past at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HIT
Showing 24 of 39 words that begin with HIT.
Words ending in HIT
18 words end in HIT. Useful as a back hook: play HIT onto a word already on the board.
Words with HIT inside
Showing 24 of 431 words that contain HIT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HIT
Common questions about HIT
- Is HIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIT, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIT worth?
- HIT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIT mean?
- To strike something with force.
- What letters can be added to HIT?
- HIT takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HIT:
Open HIT in the Word Finder