HOKYPOKY is a valid Scrabble word — 27 points
Yes. HOKYPOKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 27 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOKYPOKY?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOKYPOKY is to know. It scores 27 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOKYPOKY
No single letter turns HOKYPOKY into another word.
How HOKYPOKY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HOKYPOKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| k | 2 | 1 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. HOKYPOKY needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about HOKYPOKY
- HOKYPOKY scores 27 points, more than twice the average for a 8-letter word (13.3).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HOKYPOKY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Trickery or deception, or a cheap ice cream once sold on the street.
Hokypoky is a playful cousin of hocus-pocus, suggesting a sleight of hand meant to fool you. The same spelling was also given to a street ice cream sold in some places.
How HOKYPOKY is used
Informal and old-fashioned, used for tricks, fakery and, occasionally, the ice cream.
- The salesman used a bit of hokypoky to confuse the customers.
- Children queued for hokypoky on hot afternoons.
- Their accounts were pure hokypoky from start to finish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOKYPOKY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOKYPOKY
Common questions about HOKYPOKY
- Is HOKYPOKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOKYPOKY, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOKYPOKY worth?
- HOKYPOKY is worth 27 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOKYPOKY mean?
- Trickery or deception, or a cheap ice cream once sold on the street.
- What letters can be added to HOKYPOKY?
- No single letter can be added to HOKYPOKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HOKYPOKY:
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