HOOD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HOOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOOD?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOOD is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOOD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOOD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HOOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,505.
What does HOOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A covering for the head attached to a garment.
Hood shares its root with hat and with heed, all from an idea of covering or protecting. American English uses it for the front panel of a car where Britain uses a different word.
How HOOD is used
Countable: a hood, two hoods.
- A hood that will not stay up in any wind.
- The word hood shares a root with hat.
- American English calls the front panel of a car a hood.
- Two hoods of the same academic degree.
- Hood comes from an idea of covering.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOOD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOOD
Showing 24 of 35 words that begin with HOOD.
Words ending in HOOD
Showing 24 of 118 words that end in HOOD. Useful as a back hook: play HOOD onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOOD inside
Showing 24 of 118 words that contain HOOD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOOD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOOD
Common questions about HOOD
- Is HOOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOOD, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOOD worth?
- HOOD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOOD mean?
- A covering for the head attached to a garment.
- What letters can be added to HOOD?
- HOOD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HOOD:
Open HOOD in the Word Finder