HOE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. HOE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOE is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HOE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842.
What does HOE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long-handled tool for breaking soil and cutting weeds.
A hoe cuts weeds off rather than pulling them up, and the point of it is timing: a weed cut small never seeds, while one pulled up large has already done its work. Gardeners who hoe weekly do far less weeding than those who wait to be forced into it.
How HOE is used
Countable: a hoe, two hoes. Also a verb.
- The hoe hangs by the door and is used twice a year.
- He hoed the whole row in ten minutes.
- A sharp hoe does the work and a blunt one does not.
- They hoe between the rows and never touch the plants.
- A hoe used weekly saves an afternoon of weeding.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOE
10 longer words begin with HOE.
Words ending in HOE
15 words end in HOE. Useful as a back hook: play HOE onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOE inside
Showing 24 of 158 words that contain HOE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOE
Common questions about HOE
- Is HOE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOE worth?
- HOE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOE mean?
- A long-handled tool for breaking soil and cutting weeds.
- What letters can be added to HOE?
- HOE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HOE:
Open HOE in the Word Finder