HONG is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HONG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HONG?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HONG is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HONG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HONG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HONG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does HONG mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A foreign trading house in old China.
Hong named both the merchant company and the row of warehouses it occupied at Canton, where foreign trade was confined by law. The word came into English from Cantonese.
How HONG is used
Countable: a hong, two hongs. Historical.
- A hong held the whole of one company's trade.
- The word hong came into English from Cantonese.
- Two hongs stood side by side on the waterfront.
- Foreign trade was confined to the hongs by law.
- A hong was a company and a building at once.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HONG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HONG
7 longer words begin with HONG.
Words ending in HONG
7 words end in HONG. Useful as a back hook: play HONG onto a word already on the board.
Words with HONG inside
Showing 24 of 38 words that contain HONG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HONG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HONG
Common questions about HONG
- Is HONG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HONG, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HONG worth?
- HONG is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HONG mean?
- A foreign trading house in old China.
- What letters can be added to HONG?
- HONG takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HONG:
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