HODAD is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. HODAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HODAD?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HODAD is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HODAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hodadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HODAD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HODAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does HODAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
slangNorth American
A person, especially a young man, who spends time at the beach or around surfers without actually surfing.
The term hodad grew out of 1960s American surf culture, where it was used by surfers to mock someone who hung around the beach, wore the look, and claimed the lifestyle, but never got in the water and rode a wave. A hodad might own the clothes, the tan, and the talk of surfing while never actually paddling out, which made the label a pointed insult among genuine surfers. The word later spread into wider slang as a general put-down for a poser or hanger-on in any scene, not only surfing.
How HODAD is used
Informal slang from surf culture, mildly insulting; mainly heard in North American beach communities.
- The real surfers laughed at the hodad posing near the lifeguard tower.
- He looked like a hodad in his new board shorts, never once touching the water.
- Local surfers had little patience for any hodad crowding their favorite break.
- She joked that half the boardwalk was full of hodads pretending to surf.
- A true hodad cares more about looking the part than catching a wave.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HODAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HODAD
3 longer words begin with HODAD.
Shorter words from the letters in HODAD
Common questions about HODAD
- Is HODAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HODAD, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HODAD worth?
- HODAD is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HODAD mean?
- A person, especially a young man, who spends time at the beach or around surfers without actually surfing.
- What letters can be added to HODAD?
- HODAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HODAD:
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