HOBBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HOBBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOBBLE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOBBLE is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOBBLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOBBLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HOBBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,552 thousand.
What does HOBBLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To walk with difficulty and an uneven step, usually because of pain or injury.
To hobble is to move along with a limp or a halting, awkward gait, as someone does on a sore ankle. The same verb also means to tie the legs of a horse or other animal together loosely so it cannot wander far, and from that grew the figurative sense of holding back progress. The noun hobble names both the lame walk and the rope or strap used on an animal's legs, and the older form hopple is a variant of it.
How HOBBLE is used
Used literally for walking with pain, for tethering animals, and figuratively for hampering a plan or an economy.
- He had to hobble to the car on his sprained ankle.
- The farmer used a rope to hobble the mare for the night.
- Heavy debts can hobble a small business for years.
- The old dog could only hobble across the yard.
- Her gait was a slow hobble after the long climb.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOBBLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOBBLE
14 longer words begin with HOBBLE.
Shorter words from the letters in HOBBLE
Common questions about HOBBLE
- Is HOBBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOBBLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOBBLE worth?
- HOBBLE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOBBLE mean?
- To walk with difficulty and an uneven step, usually because of pain or injury.
- What letters can be added to HOBBLE?
- HOBBLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HOBBLE:
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