HOARY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HOARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOARY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOARY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOARY
No single letter turns HOARY into another word.
How HOARY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HOARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does HOARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Grey or white with age, or, of a story or joke, so old and familiar that it has lost its freshness.
A hoary beard or hoary head describes hair turned white through age, a sense that goes back centuries in English poetry and formal writing. The same word extends easily to anything that shows its age, such as a hoary old building or a hoary tradition. In a more figurative and often dismissive sense, a hoary joke or hoary excuse is one repeated so often that it has become predictable and tired.
How HOARY is used
Found in literary and formal writing for aged appearance, and more informally for an overused joke or cliche.
- The old sailor's hoary beard reached almost to his chest.
- They laughed at yet another hoary joke about mothers-in-law.
- Snow settled on the hoary branches of the ancient oak.
- The professor repeated the same hoary argument every semester.
- A hoary legend still surrounds the abandoned lighthouse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOARY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOARY
Common questions about HOARY
- Is HOARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOARY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOARY worth?
- HOARY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOARY mean?
- Grey or white with age, or, of a story or joke, so old and familiar that it has lost its freshness.
- What letters can be added to HOARY?
- No single letter can be added to HOARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HOARY:
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