HITHE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. HITHE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept HITHE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HITHE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HITHE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HITHE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HITHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does HITHE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaichistorical
A small harbour or landing place for boats, an old word also spelled hythe.
A hithe is a modest landing spot along a river or coast where boats could tie up and unload, smaller than a proper harbour. The word survives today mainly hidden inside place names such as Rotherhithe and Lambeth, which grew from an older form Lambhithe, showing how common the term once was for everyday riverside landings.
How HITHE is used
Historical term, mostly encountered inside old place names rather than as a live word.
- Boats once unloaded grain at the village hithe.
- Historians trace the town's name back to an old river hithe.
- The chronicle mentions a small hithe below the castle walls.
- Fishermen kept their boats tied at the narrow hithe.
- A hithe of that size could hold only a handful of craft.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HITHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HITHE
11 longer words begin with HITHE.
Words with HITHE inside
Showing 24 of 31 words that contain HITHE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HITHE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HITHE
Common questions about HITHE
- Is HITHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HITHE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HITHE worth?
- HITHE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HITHE mean?
- A small harbour or landing place for boats, an old word also spelled hythe.
- What letters can be added to HITHE?
- HITHE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HITHE:
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