HOGWASH is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HOGWASH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOGWASH?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOGWASH is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOGWASH
No single letter turns HOGWASH into another word.
How HOGWASH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HOGWASH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,264 thousand.
What stands out about HOGWASH
- HOGWASH begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HOGWASH mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Nonsense; talk or claims that are false or meaningless.
Hogwash is a blunt, slightly old-fashioned way to dismiss an idea as rubbish. It began as the name for kitchen scraps and swill fed to pigs, and the insult carries that sense of something not worth taking seriously. Speakers choose hogwash when they want to sound scornful but not coarse.
How HOGWASH is used
Hogwash is used informally to reject a statement or theory as nonsense.
- The senator called the report complete hogwash.
- I have heard a lot of hogwash about miracle diets.
- That story about the haunted barn is pure hogwash.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOGWASH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOGWASH
1 longer words begin with HOGWASH.
Shorter words from the letters in HOGWASH
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Common questions about HOGWASH
- Is HOGWASH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOGWASH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOGWASH worth?
- HOGWASH is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOGWASH mean?
- Nonsense; talk or claims that are false or meaningless.
- What letters can be added to HOGWASH?
- No single letter can be added to HOGWASH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HOGWASH:
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