HOH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 9 points
It depends on the list you play by. HOH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 9 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HOH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOH is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOH scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HOH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,213.
What stands out about HOH
- HOH is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HOH mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicnautical
To call out for something to stop, as one might hail a ship or halt a horse.
Hoh was used as a shout to bring a moving thing to a sudden stop, similar to how sailors still hail a passing ship. The word is a variant of the older hailing cry ho, kept mostly in older narrative writing and ballads.
How HOH is used
Archaic interjection-like verb; standard modern English uses ho or stop.
- The captain cried hoh as the boat drifted too close to the rocks.
- A single hoh from the driver brought the cart to a halt.
- Sailors would shout hoh to warn of danger ahead.
- The old ballad has the watchman call hoh into the night.
- He gave a sharp hoh and the horses stopped at once.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOH
4 longer words begin with HOH.
Words ending in HOH
1 words end in HOH. Useful as a back hook: play HOH onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOH inside
6 words contain HOH in the middle. Words that start with HOH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOH
Common questions about HOH
- Is HOH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HOH is not in it.
- How many points is HOH worth?
- HOH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOH mean?
- To call out for something to stop, as one might hail a ship or halt a horse.
- What letters can be added to HOH?
- HOH takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HOH:
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