HOKE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HOKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOKE?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOKE is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOKE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HOKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does HOKE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To play a part or a scene in an exaggerated way.
To hoke something up is to add the business the material does not need: a pause held too long, music where silence would do, a tear on cue. The word comes from hokum, the theatrical trade name for reliable sentimental filler, and it is nearly always a criticism from inside the profession rather than from the audience.
How HOKE is used
Usually with up: to hoke up a scene. Transitive; the related noun is hokum.
- They hoked up the ending and lost the audience.
- He hokes every death scene he is given.
- The script was hoked about until nothing honest was left.
- Directors hoke a weak scene rather than cut it.
- It is hoked, but the crowd does not seem to mind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HOKE
The 4 tiles of HOKE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HOKE
7 longer words begin with HOKE.
Words ending in HOKE
4 words end in HOKE. Useful as a back hook: play HOKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOKE inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain HOKE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOKE
Common questions about HOKE
- Is HOKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOKE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOKE worth?
- HOKE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOKE mean?
- To play a part or a scene in an exaggerated way.
- What letters can be added to HOKE?
- HOKE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HOKE:
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