HOI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. HOI 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 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept HOI?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOI is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOI scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HOI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does HOI mean in Scrabble?
interjection
A cry used to attract attention or to drive animals onward — a variant of hoy.
Hoi is an old spelling of hoy, the shout a carter or drover uses to move animals along, or that anybody uses to catch somebody's attention across a distance. It survives mostly in dialect writing and in word lists rather than in everyday speech, where hoy or oi has mostly taken its place. It also works as a verb, to hoi somebody or something along.
How HOI is used
Stands alone as a shout. Also a verb. Not the Greek word the in hoi polloi, which is a separate, unrelated spelling.
- Hoi! he called across the yard, and the boy came running.
- The drover let out a hoi and the cattle shifted at once.
- A hoi from the top of the field was enough to turn the sheep.
- He gave a hoi as he passed and nobody answered.
- The word hoi survives in dialect where hoy has faded.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOI
Showing 24 of 39 words that begin with HOI.
Words ending in HOI
6 words end in HOI. Useful as a back hook: play HOI onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOI inside
Showing 24 of 132 words that contain HOI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOI
Common questions about HOI
- Is HOI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOI, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOI worth?
- HOI is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOI mean?
- A cry used to attract attention or to drive animals onward — a variant of hoy.
- What letters can be added to HOI?
- HOI takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HOI:
Open HOI in the Word Finder