Is HONGS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts HONGS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is HONGS worth?

HONGS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to HONGS?

HONGS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

HONGS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points

Yes. HONGS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.

h4o1n1g2s1

PlayableHONGS · 5 letters · 9 pts Scrabble · 10 pts WWF

9points in Scrabble

10points in Words with Friends

5letters

1hook available

1 in 65,354odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept HONGS?

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: 30 / 100

30WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.8

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.6%

Our own measure of how useful HONGS is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for HONGS

Front hooks — 1

thongs10

Back hooks — 0

None.

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How HONGS scores

Scrabble h4o1n1g2s1 9

Words with Friends h3o1n2g3s1 10

Face value of the 5 tiles in HONGS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
h	1	2
o	1	8
n	1	6
g	1	3
s	1	4

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.

Words ending in HONGS

thongs10 pakthongs19 soochongs15 souchongs15 diphthongs20 triphthongs20 monophthongs23

7 words end in HONGS. Useful as a back hook: play HONGS onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in HONGS

gosh8 hogs8 hong8 shog8 hons7 nosh7 gons5 nogs5 snog5 song5 hog7 hon6 hos6 noh6 ohs6 sho6 soh6 gon4 gos4 nog4 sog4 nos3 ons3 son3 ho5 oh5 sh5 go3 no2 on2 os2 so2

Common questions about HONGS

Is HONGS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts HONGS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is HONGS worth?: HONGS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to HONGS?: HONGS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HONGS:

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