HOCK is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HOCK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOCK?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOCK is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOCK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOCK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HOCK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,538.
What does HOCK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A German white wine; also, a joint on an animal leg.
Hock the wine is named after Hochheim on the Main, shortened by English drinkers who could not manage the rest of it. The joint is an entirely separate word and much older in English.
How HOCK is used
Countable and uncountable. Two unrelated senses.
- A bottle of hock and nobody willing to open it.
- The word hock is short for Hochheim.
- The hock on a horse is the joint above the foot.
- Two hocks of ham for a very large pot.
- Wine hock and leg hock are unrelated words.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOCK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOCK
13 longer words begin with HOCK.
Words ending in HOCK
11 words end in HOCK. Useful as a back hook: play HOCK onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOCK inside
Showing 24 of 48 words that contain HOCK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOCK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOCK
Common questions about HOCK
- Is HOCK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOCK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOCK worth?
- HOCK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOCK mean?
- A German white wine; also, a joint on an animal leg.
- What letters can be added to HOCK?
- HOCK takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HOCK:
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