HONDLE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. HONDLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HONDLE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HONDLE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HONDLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HONDLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HONDLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,673.
What does HONDLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
informalNorth American
To haggle or bargain over a price.
Hondle comes from Yiddish and entered American English through market traders and shoppers who bargained as a matter of course. It suggests lively back-and-forth rather than a hard fight, and it is often used with a smile. People hondle at flea markets, in bazaars and over used cars, always hoping to land a better deal.
How HONDLE is used
Informal; of Yiddish origin and common in American speech.
- She loves to hondle with the stallholders on Sunday.
- We had to hondle for an hour before he lowered the price.
- You cannot hondle in a shop with fixed tags.
- My grandfather would hondle over a single pear.
- Tourists are expected to hondle in that market.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HONDLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HONDLE
The 6 tiles of HONDLE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HONDLE
2 longer words begin with HONDLE.
Shorter words from the letters in HONDLE
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Common questions about HONDLE
- Is HONDLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HONDLE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HONDLE worth?
- HONDLE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HONDLE mean?
- To haggle or bargain over a price.
- What letters can be added to HONDLE?
- HONDLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HONDLE:
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