HOAX is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HOAX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOAX?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOAX is to know. It scores 14 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOAX
No single letter turns HOAX into another word.
How HOAX scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HOAX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does HOAX mean in Scrabble?
noun
A deception intended to be believed.
Hoax is probably contracted from hocus, as in hocus-pocus, which was itself a conjuror's formula. It appeared in the eighteenth century and named the act before it named the thing the act produced.
How HOAX is used
Countable. Also a verb: hoaxed, hoaxing.
- The hoax ran for eleven years before anybody checked.
- The word hoax probably comes from hocus-pocus.
- They hoaxed a whole newspaper with two photographs.
- A hoax needs a plausible source more than a good story.
- Two hoaxes in the same month and both believed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOAX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOAX
5 longer words begin with HOAX.
Words with HOAX inside
2 words contain HOAX in the middle. Words that start with HOAX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOAX
Common questions about HOAX
- Is HOAX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOAX, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOAX worth?
- HOAX is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOAX mean?
- A deception intended to be believed.
- What letters can be added to HOAX?
- No single letter can be added to HOAX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HOAX:
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