HOD is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. HOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOD?
| 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 HOD is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOD scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,527.
What does HOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
An open box on a pole for carrying bricks or mortar.
A hod is carried on the shoulder and loaded so the weight sits over the carrier rather than out in front, which is the whole of the design. Carrying one was a job in itself on a site, and the word survives in hod carrier long after most sites stopped using them.
How HOD is used
Countable: a hod, two hods.
- A hod holds a dozen bricks and feels like thirty.
- The hod sits on the shoulder and balances itself.
- He carried a hod for two summers and never again.
- A hod carrier on that site was paid by the load.
- Two hods and a wheelbarrow supplied the whole wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HOD
The 3 tiles of HOD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HOD
Showing 24 of 33 words that begin with HOD.
Words ending in HOD
11 words end in HOD. Useful as a back hook: play HOD onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOD inside
Showing 24 of 201 words that contain HOD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOD
Common questions about HOD
- Is HOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOD, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOD worth?
- HOD is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOD mean?
- An open box on a pole for carrying bricks or mortar.
- What letters can be added to HOD?
- HOD takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HOD:
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