HOKEY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HOKEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOKEY?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOKEY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOKEY
Front hooks — 1
chokeyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HOKEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HOKEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does HOKEY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Exaggeratedly sentimental, artificial, or corny in a way that seems insincere.
Something described as hokey feels overdone or fake, as though it is trying too hard to produce an emotional reaction. The word is often applied to films, songs, or speeches whose sentimentality comes across as clumsy rather than genuine. It carries a mildly dismissive tone, suggesting the speaker sees through the attempt at effect.
How HOKEY is used
Informal; used to criticize entertainment or rhetoric that feels contrived rather than sincere.
- The ending of the movie felt hokey rather than moving.
- Critics called the commercial hokey and overacted.
- His hokey jokes made the audience groan instead of laugh.
- The museum exhibit looked hokey, more like a school project.
- She found the wedding speech charming, not hokey, despite its sentiment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOKEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOKEY
4 longer words begin with HOKEY.
Words ending in HOKEY
1 words end in HOKEY. Useful as a back hook: play HOKEY onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOKEY inside
1 words contain HOKEY in the middle. Words that start with HOKEY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOKEY
Common questions about HOKEY
- Is HOKEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOKEY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOKEY worth?
- HOKEY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOKEY mean?
- Exaggeratedly sentimental, artificial, or corny in a way that seems insincere.
- What letters can be added to HOKEY?
- HOKEY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HOKEY:
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