HOKEYPOKEY is a valid Scrabble word — 29 points
Yes. HOKEYPOKEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 29 points in Scrabble and 27 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOKEYPOKEY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOKEYPOKEY is to know. It scores 29 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOKEYPOKEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hokeypokeysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOKEYPOKEY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HOKEYPOKEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| k | 2 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. HOKEYPOKEY needs 1 blank tile.
What does HOKEYPOKEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishinformalhumorous
Trickery or nonsense, or a cheap ice cream formerly sold by street vendors.
Hokeypokey can mean deceptive fuss, much like hocus-pocus. In Britain it also named the ice cream sold from barrows in the street. Both senses are old-fashioned and have a jokey tone.
How HOKEYPOKEY is used
Hokeypokey is dated and informal, used either for trickery or for the old street ice cream.
- The magician's hokeypokey fooled nobody in the front row.
- Children queued for a hokeypokey on hot afternoons.
- He dismissed the whole scheme as hokeypokey.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOKEYPOKEY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOKEYPOKEY
1 longer words begin with HOKEYPOKEY.
Shorter words from the letters in HOKEYPOKEY
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Common questions about HOKEYPOKEY
- Is HOKEYPOKEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOKEYPOKEY, where it scores 27 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOKEYPOKEY worth?
- HOKEYPOKEY is worth 29 points in Scrabble and 27 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOKEYPOKEY mean?
- Trickery or nonsense, or a cheap ice cream formerly sold by street vendors.
- What letters can be added to HOKEYPOKEY?
- HOKEYPOKEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HOKEYPOKEY:
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