HOA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. HOA 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HOA?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOA is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HOA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does HOA mean in Scrabble?
interjection
archaic
An old exclamation used to call for a halt, or to hail someone from a distance.
A driver shouting hoa at a team of horses was ordering them to stop, and the same cry was used more loosely to draw someone's attention across a field or a street. The word died out of ordinary speech once other stop-commands and greetings took over, and now it turns up only in older writing.
How HOA is used
Archaic; found in older texts rather than in current speech.
- The carter cried hoa and the cart rolled to a stop.
- He called hoa across the yard to catch the boy's eye.
- The old script has the driver shout hoa at the oxen.
- Hoa, she yelled, and the wagon halted at the gate.
- In the play the huntsman raises his hand and shouts hoa.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HOA
The 3 tiles of HOA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HOA
Showing 24 of 58 words that begin with HOA.
Words ending in HOA
2 words end in HOA. Useful as a back hook: play HOA onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOA inside
Showing 24 of 80 words that contain HOA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOA
Common questions about HOA
- Is HOA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HOA is not in it.
- How many points is HOA worth?
- HOA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOA mean?
- An old exclamation used to call for a halt, or to hail someone from a distance.
- What letters can be added to HOA?
- HOA takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HOA:
Open HOA in the Word Finder